Matthew Poole Commentary - John 9:7 - 9:7

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Matthew Poole Commentary - John 9:7 - 9:7


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He doth not only anoint his eyes, but sendeth him also to wash in the pool of Siloam. We read of this pool, Neh_3:15; and we are told, that it was a fountain which sprang out from Mount Zion. It should seem, that there was a brook of that name, which supplied part of the city with water, Isa_8:6. Some think they have also found a mystery in this name, because it signifieth



sent; and think that it hath an allusion to Shiloh, which was the Messias, mentioned Gen_49:10. The name is plainly an old name, as appears from the place I noted out of Nehemiah; probably given to it anciently, in acknowledgment of the mercy of God given them, in sending them such a brook, or rivulet, from those mountains, so commodious for that great city: or, because (as some think) the water did not run always, but at certain times, as it were sent of God. We read of nothing medicinal in this water, only, as a probation of the blind man’s faith and obedience, it pleased our Lord to send the blind man to wash himself there; as of old Naaman the Syrian was sent to wash in Jordan. He went, and the evangelist, to let us see that true faith joined with sincere obedience never faileth the expectation of them that exercise it, lets us know that he returned seeing.