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.
Son of god blind man falls from roof.
The disciples will soon see in the history of this man the meaning of his lifelong blindness.
One could be seen as the paralyzed man was able to get up and walk.
But the first miracle was unseen as jesus said he was granting forgiveness for the man s sins.
This second claim set jesus at odds with the pharisees and constituted a claim that jesus was the son of god.
The story keeps emphasising that the man was blind from birth.
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.
The first known quotation of the infancy gospel of thomas is from irenaeus of lyon around ad 185.
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.
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But he was born blind that the works of god should be made manifest in him.
In the man himself the grace of god will work mightily both a bodily and spiritual illumination.
A life of light.
47 when he heard that it was jesus of nazareth he began to shout jesus son.
Mark 10 46 52 then they came to jericho.