But he was born blind that the works of god should be made manifest in him.
Son of god blind man falls from roof.
His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents sins.
Mark 10 46 52 then they came to jericho.
But the first miracle was unseen as jesus said he was granting forgiveness for the man s sins.
The story of how jesus healed a paralyzed man shows two types of miracles.
In the man himself the grace of god will work mightily both a bodily and spiritual illumination.
As jesus and his disciples together with a large crowd were leaving the city a blind man bartimaeus which means son of timaeus was sitting by the roadside begging.
47 when he heard that it was jesus of nazareth he began to shout jesus son.
The disciples will soon see in the history of this man the meaning of his lifelong blindness.
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A life of light.
He is blind so that god s power might be seen at work in him he will be the focus of one of the seven great signs which jesus is seen to perform in this gospel.
This second claim set jesus at odds with the pharisees and constituted a claim that jesus was the son of god.
Evil in this case is to redound to greater good.
The story keeps emphasising that the man was blind from birth.