At a glance
- In the readings
- 1 Sunday, 14 March 2027
- Gospel passages
- John 9:1–41
Name meanings and role notes are drafted with each edition and waiting for review by a priest or editor.
The life of The man born blind
A beggar in Jerusalem, blind from birth, whom Jesus healed with clay and the water of Siloam. Questioned and thrown out by the Pharisees, he came to believe in Jesus as the Son of Man.
The disciples ask whose sin caused his blindness; Jesus says neither his nor his parents’, but that God’s works might be shown in him.
ScriptureJohn 9:1–3Jesus spits on the ground, makes clay, anoints his eyes and sends him to wash in the pool of Siloam; he comes back seeing.
ScriptureJohn 9:6–7His neighbours argue whether he is the same man who used to beg.
ScriptureJohn 9:8–12Because it is the Sabbath, the Pharisees question him; his parents, afraid, say, “He is of age. Ask him.”
ScriptureJohn 9:13–23He tells them, “One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see,” and they throw him out.
ScriptureJohn 9:24–34Jesus finds him; he says, “Lord, I believe!” and worships him.
ScriptureJohn 9:35–38
Remembered in the Church year
- Sixth Sunday of Great Lent
Read it in the Bible
- John 9 The whole chapter
Sources: The Holy Bible (World English Bible).
Drafted from the Bible and Church tradition. Each line says where it comes from; anything marked Tradition or History is not in Scripture itself. Waiting for review by a priest or editor.
Sundays with The man born blind
Sixth Sunday of Great Lent
Gospel: John 9:1–41
A beggar in Jerusalem who has never seen. He is healed and then thrown out of the synagogue.
Also in these readings
About the icon
Christ Healing the Man Born Blind. Emmanuel Tzanes, 1686. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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