{"id":9095,"date":"2026-04-23T06:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/v-ioan-9-3-zvuchy-siakash-boh-e-napravyl-taka-che-da-se-rody-sliap-za-da-ho-yzts\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:30:13","slug":"pravylno-ly-e-razbyraneto-che-boh-e-napravyl-choveka-sliap-v-ioan-9-3","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/pravylno-ly-e-razbyraneto-che-boh-e-napravyl-choveka-sliap-v-ioan-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that God made a man blind in John 9:3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned; but that the works of God should be revealed in him\u201d\u2014these words of Jesus in John 9:3 sound as though God intentionally made the man blind for the sake of a future miracle. But such a reading contradicts everything Scripture says about God\u2019s character.<\/b> Here Jesus refutes the disciples\u2019 false theological principle<\/i>, rather than explaining a divine decision to blind the man.<\/p>\n

The disciples\u2019 question and their false assumption<\/h2>\n

\u201cRabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?\u201d John 9:2<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The disciples\u2019 question reflects a widespread belief: every illness is punishment for a specific sin. If a person suffers, it means that he or his parents must have been guilty of something. Jesus repeatedly refuted this principle.<\/p>\n

What Jesus actually says<\/h2>\n

\u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned; but that the works of God should be revealed in him.\u201d John 9:3<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus does two things:<\/p>\n

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  1. He rejects the false explanation<\/b>: \u201cneither this man nor his parents sinned\u201d \u2014 blindness is not a punishment for sin.<\/li>\n
  2. It redirects the focus<\/b>: not to look for the guilty in the past, but to see what God will do in the present.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The phrase \u201cthat the works of God should be revealed\u201d is not the purpose of the blindness, but the context in which God acts<\/b>. The Greek construction allows the understanding: \u201cbut in this situation the works of God must be revealed.\u201d God did not assign blindness to the man \u2014 but He is glorified by taking a situation of suffering and turning it into a place of healing.<\/p>\n

    God is not the cause of suffering<\/h2>\n

    The apostle James states clearly:<\/p>\n

    \u201cLet no one say when he is tempted, \u2018I am being tempted by God,\u2019 for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.\u201d James 1:13<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    God does not impose suffering only to remove it later for \u201ceffect.\u201d He meets a person in their real pain and acts for their good.<\/p>\n

    Practical meaning<\/h2>\n

    A proper understanding of John 9:3 frees us from two traps:<\/p>\n

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    • Not to look for \u201cwhose sin\u201d<\/b> in suffering. Illness, loss, limitation \u2014 are not necessarily God\u2019s punishment.<\/li>\n
    • To expect that God is at work<\/b> even in the hardest circumstances \u2014 not because He caused them, but because He is the One who heals and is glorified through weakness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Jesus came not to explain suffering, but to overcome it. The man born blind is a testimony not of God the Director, but of God the Deliverer.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"faq_question":"\u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043d\u043e \u043b\u0438 \u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e, \u0447\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433 \u0435 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b \u0447\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u044f\u043f \u0432 \u0419\u043e\u0430\u043d 9:3?","bible_refs":"John 9:2, John 9:3, John 9:4, John 8:12, John 9:39","answer_lang":"ru","source_question":"\u0432 \u0439\u043e\u0430\u043d 9:3 \u0437\u0432\u0443\u0447\u0438 \u0441\u044f\u043a\u0430\u0448 \u0411\u043e\u0433 \u0435 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u0447\u0435 \u0434\u0430 \u0441\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u044f\u043f \u0437\u0430 \u0434\u0430 \u0433\u043e \u0438\u0437\u0446\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u0418\u0441\u0443\u0441, \u0437\u0432\u0443\u0447\u0438 \u0436\u0432\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043a\u043e. \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043b\u0438 \u0435?"},"answer_topic":[145],"class_list":["post-9095","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry","answer_topic-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers\/9095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"answer_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answer_topic?post=9095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}