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An Angry Response

Text: John 9: 34

AN ANGRY RESPONSE

The Pharisees were furious when they heard what the former blind man said. They resorted to what they had already agreed upon. They would expel any individual who spoke up for Jesus!

“They answered and said to him, ‘You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?’ And they cast him out.”

John 9:34

1. “They answered and said to him”

a. What their answer was not:

i. It was not a refutation of the simple knowledge of God expressed.

ii. It was not a refutation of the logic indicated.

iii. It was not an answer to the conclusion that the former blind man was indeed from God.

b. What the answer was:

i. Expression of embarrassment

ii. Anger

iii. And some guilt

2. They reviled the former blind man

a. Reviling indicates “insult, disgust” and more.

b. They scolded the former blind man severely:

i. That he was a terrible sinner.

ii. That he had been totally born in sin (thus his blindness..

c. But on what basis could they say things like that?

i. They had no basis.

ii. They only had their arrogance as Pharisees.

iii. They thought poorly of everyone else who were different from them.

iv. They abused their authority as leaders of the community yet again.

3. “And are you teaching us”

a. They were not prepared to listen to the former blind man.

b. They rejected his statements as if they were not even worthy of consideration.

4. And they cast him out

This was a move that they had planned. The casting out of the former blind man was a foregone conclusion.

经文：约翰福音9：34

愤怒的反应

听了从前瞎眼的人的话后，法利赛人很气愤。他们就使出他们已啇量好的手段。他们会把所有为耶稣说好话的人驱逐出去。

“他们回答说：‘你全然生在罪孽中，还要教训我们吗？’于是把他赶出去了。”

《约翰福音9：34》

1．“他们回答说”

a. 他们的回答：

i. 不是反驳从前瞎眼的人表达对于上帝的简单认识

ii. 不是反驳他所表明的逻辑

iii. 也不是回应那从前瞎眼的人的结论，说耶稣是真正从上帝哪里来

b. 他们的回答是：

i. 尴尬的表达

ii. 愤怒

iii. 还有一些歉疚

2．他们唾骂那从前瞎眼的人。

a. 唾骂表示“侮辱，厌恶”和更多

b. 他们狠狠地骂那从前瞎眼的人:

i. 说他是一个可怕旳罪人

ii. 说他是全然生在罪孽中（所以才瞎眼）

c. 然而他们有什么根据可以这么说呢?

i. 他们没有根据

ii. 他们只凭着法利赛人的慠慢

iii. 他们看不起所有与他们不同的人

iv. 他们又一次地滥用身为族群领袖的权力

3．“还要教训我们吗？”

a. 他们不准备听这从前瞎眼的人

b. 他们否认他的说词，似乎那是不值得考虑的

4．“于是把他赶出去了”

这是他们已经计划好的行动。把从前瞎眼的人赶出去是必定的结果。