John 9:7

And said unto him, go wash in the Pool of Siloam,.... A fountain of this name is called Siloah, Isa 8:6, and according to the Jewish writers, sometimes Gihon (e); and this, they say (f), was without…

Wash in the pool - In the fountains. Of Siloam - See the notes at Luk 13:4. By interpretation, Sent - From the Hebrew verb to send perhaps because it was regarded as a blessing sent or given by God.…

Siloam - Called also Shiloah, Silos, or Siloa, was a fountain under the walls of Jerusalem, towards the east, between the city and the brook Kidron. Calmet thinks that this was the same with En-rogel,…

We have here sight given to a poor beggar that had been blind from his birth. Observe,

I. The notice which our Lord Jesus took of the piteous case of this poor blind man (Joh 9:1): As Jesus passed by…

wash in the pool Literally, wash into the pool, i.e. -wash off the clay into the pool," or, -go to the pool and wash." The washing was probably part of the means of healing (comp. Naaman) and was a…