He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went away and washed, and I received sight."There's one word here that isn't in the other tellings of this story, even in this chapter, that made me decide to go into this verse. Here, the man says Jesus anointed his eyes. While this term has several definitions, it normally is used in a religious or spiritual context. He saw this act as one of special significance by Jesus, not Him just haphazardly using a bit of mud on him.
Also, this is a case where Jesus required the blind man to act as well. Many times, Jesus just spoke of did a healing action. This time, He required greater faith of the man, enough to go and follow Jesus instructions.
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