John 9:7 meaning and explanation

Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

John 9:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just made mud with his spit and put it on the eyes of a man blind from birth. Sending him to wash echoes the healing of Naaman in 2 Kings 5, and the pool's name, Siloam, is explained by John as meaning "Sent." The man's simple obedience is the hinge of the story: he goes, washes, and returns seeing.

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