1Ao passar, Jesus viu um cego de nascença.2Seus discípulos lhe perguntaram: “Mestre, quem pecou: este homem ou seus pais, para que ele nascesse cego?”3Disse Jesus: “Nem ele nem seus pais pecaram, mas isto aconteceu para que a obra de Deus se manifestasse na vida dele.4Enquanto é dia, precisamos realizar a obra daquele que me enviou. A noite se aproxima, quando ninguém pode trabalhar.5Enquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo”.6Tendo dito isso, cuspiu no chão, misturou terra com saliva e aplicou-a aos olhos do homem.7Então disse-lhe: “Vá lavar-se no tanque de Siloé” (que significa “enviado”). O homem foi, lavou-se e voltou vendo.8Seus vizinhos e os que anteriormente o tinham visto mendigando perguntaram: “Não é este o mesmo homem que costumava ficar sentado, mendigando?”9Alguns afirmavam que era ele. Outros diziam: “Não, apenas se parece com ele”. Mas ele próprio insistia: “Sou eu mesmo”.10“Então, como foram abertos os seus olhos?”, interrogaram-no eles.11Ele respondeu: “O homem chamado Jesus misturou terra com saliva, colocou-a nos meus olhos e me disse que fosse lavar-me em Siloé. Fui, lavei-me, e agora vejo”.12Eles lhe perguntaram: “Onde está esse homem?” “Não sei”, disse ele.
Os Fariseus Investigam a Cura
13Levaram aos fariseus o homem que fora cego.14Era sábado o dia em que Jesus havia misturado terra com saliva e aberto os olhos daquele homem.15Então os fariseus também lhe perguntaram como ele recuperara a vista. O homem respondeu: “Ele colocou uma mistura de terra e saliva em meus olhos, eu me lavei e agora vejo”.16Alguns dos fariseus disseram: “Esse homem não é de Deus, pois não guarda o sábado”. Mas outros perguntavam: “Como pode um pecador fazer tais sinais milagrosos?” E houve divisão entre eles.17Tornaram, pois, a perguntar ao cego: “Que diz você a respeito dele? Foram os seus olhos que ele abriu”. O homem respondeu: “Ele é um profeta”.18Os judeus não acreditaram que ele fora cego e havia sido curado enquanto não mandaram buscar os seus pais.19Então perguntaram: “É este o seu filho, o qual vocês dizem que nasceu cego? Como ele pode ver agora?”20Responderam os pais: “Sabemos que ele é nosso filho e que nasceu cego.21Mas não sabemos como ele pode ver agora ou quem lhe abriu os olhos. Perguntem a ele. Idade ele tem; falará por si mesmo”.22Seus pais disseram isso porque tinham medo dos judeus, pois estes já haviam decidido que, se alguém confessasse que Jesus era o Cristo, seria expulso da sinagoga.23Foi por isso que seus pais disseram: “Idade ele tem; perguntem a ele”.24Pela segunda vez, chamaram o homem que fora cego e lhe disseram: “Para a glória de Deus, diga a verdade. Sabemos que esse homem é pecador”.25Ele respondeu: “Não sei se ele é pecador ou não. Uma coisa sei: eu era cego e agora vejo!”26Então lhe perguntaram: “O que fez ele a você? Como abriu os seus olhos?”27Ele respondeu: “Eu já disse, e vocês não me deram ouvidos. Por que querem ouvir outra vez? Acaso vocês também querem ser discípulos dele?”28Então, eles o insultaram e disseram: “Discípulo dele é você! Nós somos discípulos de Moisés!29Sabemos que Deus falou a Moisés, mas, quanto a esse, nem sabemos de onde ele vem”.30O homem respondeu: “Ora, isso é extraordinário! Vocês não sabem de onde ele vem, contudo ele me abriu os olhos.31Sabemos que Deus não ouve pecadores, mas ouve o homem que o teme e pratica a sua vontade.32“Ninguém jamais ouviu que os olhos de um cego de nascença tivessem sido abertos.33Se esse homem não fosse de Deus, não poderia fazer coisa alguma”.34Diante disso, eles responderam: “Você nasceu cheio de pecado; como tem a ousadia de nos ensinar?” E o expulsaram.
A Cegueira Espiritual
35Jesus ouviu que o haviam expulsado e, ao encontrá-lo, disse: “Você crê no Filho do homem?”36Perguntou o homem: “Quem é ele, Senhor, para que eu nele creia?”37Disse Jesus: “Você já o tem visto. É aquele que está falando com você”.38Então o homem disse: “Senhor, eu creio”. E o adorou.39Disse Jesus: “Eu vim a este mundo para julgamento, a fim de que os cegos vejam e os que veem se tornem cegos”.40Alguns fariseus que estavam com ele ouviram-no dizer isso e perguntaram: “Acaso nós também somos cegos?”41Disse Jesus: “Se vocês fossem cegos, não seriam culpados de pecado; mas agora que dizem que podem ver, a culpa de vocês permanece.
1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (Ex 20:5; Lc 13:2; Lc 13:4; Jo 1:38; Jo 9:34)3Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. (Jo 11:4)4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. (Jo 4:34; Jo 11:9; Jo 12:35; Rm 13:12; Gl 6:10)5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (Jo 1:4; Jo 1:9; Jo 8:12)6Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud (Mt 9:29; Mc 7:33; Mc 8:23)7and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. (Lc 13:4; Jo 11:37)8The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” (At 3:2; At 3:10)9Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”10So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”11He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” (Jo 9:6)12They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. (Jo 5:9)15So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” (Jo 9:10)16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. (Mt 12:2; Jo 7:29; Jo 7:43; Jo 9:33; Jo 10:19)17So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” (Jo 4:19; Jo 6:14)18The Jews[1] did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight (Jo 9:13; Jo 9:22)19and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”20His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.21But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”22(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus[2] to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) (Jo 7:13; Jo 7:45; Jo 12:42; Jo 16:2; Rm 10:9)23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” (Jo 9:21)24So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” (Js 7:19; 1 Sm 6:5; Is 42:12; Jr 13:16; Jo 9:16; At 12:23)25He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (Jo 9:18; Jo 9:24)26They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”27He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” (Jo 9:15)28And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. (Jo 5:45)29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” (Jo 8:14)30The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. (Jo 3:10; Jo 12:37)31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. (Jó 27:9; Sl 34:15; Sl 66:18; Sl 145:19; Pv 15:20; Pv 28:9; Tg 5:16)32Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” (Jo 1:21; Jo 3:2; Jo 9:16)34They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. (Jo 9:2; Jo 9:22)35Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[3] (Jo 10:36)36He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” (Rm 10:14)37Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” (Jo 4:26)38He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.39Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” (Mt 9:13; Mt 11:25; Mt 13:13; Mc 4:12; Lc 4:18; Jo 5:22; 2 Co 2:16)40Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” (Rm 2:19)41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt;[4] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. (Jo 15:22; Jo 15:24; Jo 19:11; 1 Jo 1:8)