Son Of God Blind Man Falls From Roof

A life of light.

Son of god blind man falls from roof.

Watch more bible videos here. He is blind so that god s power might be seen at work in him he will be the focus of one of the seven great signs which jesus is seen to perform in this gospel. But the first miracle was unseen as jesus said he was granting forgiveness for the man s sins. His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents sins.

Mark 10 46 52 then they came to jericho. Citation needed the earliest possible date of authorship is in the 80s ad which is the approximate date of the gospel of luke from which the author of the infancy gospel borrowed the story of jesus in the temple at age 12 see infancy 19 1 12 and luke 2 41 52. But he was born blind that the works of god should be made manifest in him. One could be seen as the paralyzed man was able to get up and walk.

The story keeps emphasising that the man was blind from birth. This second claim set jesus at odds with the pharisees and constituted a claim that jesus was the son of god. As jesus and his disciples together with a large crowd were leaving the city a blind man bartimaeus which means son of timaeus was sitting by the roadside begging. Evil in this case is to redound to greater good.

The disciples will soon see in the history of this man the meaning of his lifelong blindness. The first known quotation of the infancy gospel of thomas is from irenaeus of lyon around ad 185.