A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
John 9: 24-25
Have you ever noticed how some people will try and change the subject when they are losing an argument? In this story, the Pharisees are on the losing side of the argument, and whether they admit it or not, they seem to know it. When they demand to know the “truth” they are really saying that they think the truth is a lie. When they claim that Jesus is a sinner, they are making a claim to something that they really do not understand.
Ironically, the formerly blind man understands what the Pharisees do not.
After a lifetime of not being able to see with his eyes, he has learned to “see” with his mind. He knows what he knows and he knows what he doesn’t know. If only the Pharisees could see as well…