John 9 Bible Study Questions

John 9:1-3 Bible Study Questions

What is meant by "And passing by" (John 9:1)?

Who was the man He "saw" (John 9:1) as He was passing by?

How was it known that he had been "blind from birth" (John 9:1)?

Why did they ask Jesus, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents" (John 9:2)?

What is disappointing about their reaction to the man's blindness?

When you see homeless people, do you think about why they became homeless or what you can do to help them?

Who will receive glory when "the works of God" are "revealed" (John 9:3) and the blind man is healed?

So, who was created to glorify God?

How is it fair for someone to spend years, even their life, being blind?

What kind of eyes did God give to Christians who are blind all their life?

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John 9:4-5 Bible Study Questions

Who "sent" (John 9:4) Jesus?

Until when did Jesus "work" on earth "the works" (John 9:4) that He was sent to do?

Why did Jesus say, "I am the light of the world" (John 9:5)?

When does the day end and the night come for Christians?

What are we supposed to do until then (see Matthew 5)?

Have you been it to the world or to just your church?

"But doesn't being that brings danger and persecution today?"

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John 9:6 Bible Study Questions

What was in the "clay" (John 9:6) Jesus put on the blind man's eyes?

Why would He put that in the blind man's eyes?

Why would God use that to make a part of the human body?

Did Jesus need to use that to heal the blind man?

What else could Jesus have used to heal the blind man?

Why did the blind man call Jesus “Rabboni”?

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John 9:7-12 Bible Study Questions

Where is "the pool of Siloam" (John 9:7)?

Why was this pool named "Siloam," which means "Sent" (John 9:7)?

How did the blind man get from near the temple to the pool of Siloam?

Why did the people doubt the identity of the healed blind man in John 9:8-9?

What is disappointing about the blind man's "neighbors" (John 9:8)?

When did the healed blind man learn the name of "Jesus" (John 9:11)?

Did He believe in Jesus' power to heal him?

What example does the blind man set for us?

How can we be absolutely sure that an instruction is from God?

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John 9:13-16 Bible Study Questions

Who are recorded in this passage as being happy that the blind man received sight?

How do they treat him?

What is the crime?

Were they right?

Why was there "a division among" the "Pharisees" (John 9:16)?

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John 9:17-23 Bible Study Questions

Why do the Pharisees ask the formerly blind man what he thinks in John 9:17?

Why did they "not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight" (John 9:18)?

Is his reply - "He is a prophet" (John 9:17) - what they want to hear?

Do his parents tell the Jews' what they want to hear in John 9:19-23?

What should his parents have done?

Why did his parents respond to the Jews as they did?

Why were his parents so concerned? Couldn't they just join another one or do without it?

If you belong to a church, have you ever agreed with what is false or not said what is true for fear of losing your status within or being ostracized by your congregation?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john9-opened-your-eyes.htm

John 9:24-29 Bible Study Questions

Why do the Jews suddenly tell the healed blind man to "Give God the glory!" (John 9:24)?

Were the Jews ordering the healed blind man to tell the truth?

How does the healed blind man respond to the Jews in John 9:25?

Why do the Jews repeat, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes” (John 9:26)?

Does the healed blind man oblige?

Why did the Jews "revile" (John 9:28) the healed blind man?

What do the Jews then do next?

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John 9:30-34 Bible Study Questions

Does the healed blind man back down?

What is his demeanor before the religious leaders?

What is remarkable about that?

What is commendable about his reply to their admission of not knowing where Jesus is from?

Based on what does he reply, "Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him" (John 9:31)?

What does that imply?

How would you characterize what he tells the Pharisees?

What does he even admit in John 9:25?

What are the lessons for us?

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John 9:35-41 Bible Study Questions

What were the stages in the blind man's identification of Jesus?

What should the man have done the instant he saw Jesus in John 9:35?

Why didn’t he do that?

So why might Jesus have healed him using clay to be washed off?

In that sense, how is his testimony similar to ours today?

To whom is Jesus speaking in John 9:39?

What is Jesus saying?

Do Jesus' words hit some nerves among the Pharisees?

What is Jesus' response in John 9:41?

What did the Pharisees end up doing to the healed blind man?

Does something like that happen today to those who turn to Christ?

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