The Bible does not record the miracles of Christ in a flippant, hocus-pocus manner. On the contrary, the accounts of Jesus’ miracles are consistently characterized by reason and restraint. At times, serious investigations took place.
Consider the occasion on which Jesus gave sight to a man born blind (John 9). After he received his sight, neighbors and others examined him. Later, he was brought to the Pharisees, and they scrutinized him. They questioned him about the One who caused him to see and then argued among themselves about the character of Jesus. They called for the parents of the man who was blind and questioned them about their son’s blindness. Then they called upon the man born blind again and, a second time, asked him about how Jesus opened his eyes.
Finally, when they realized the man would not cave in to their intimidating interrogation and say some negative thing about Jesus, “they cast him out” (9:34). They rejected him and the One Who made him well, yet were unable to deny the miracle that Jesus performed. It was known by countless witnesses that this man was born blind, but after coming in contact with Jesus, his eyes were opened.
The entire case of Jesus healing the blind man in John 9 was scrutinized thoroughly by Jesus’ enemies, yet even they had to admit to the miracle. It was a fact accepted even by veteran enemies of Christ. Considering that positive testimony from hostile witnesses is the weightiest kind of testimony in a court of law, such reactions from Jesus’ enemies are noteworthy in any discussion on the miracles of Christ.
—Eric Lyons
