Matthew 9:27-31
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
John 5:1-15
The Healing at the Pool
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.[4] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”
11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Imagine if you could bring back someone's sight, in an instance...Imagine that you could also touch someone and they would no longer be crippled...How would you feel about this?...What would you tell those you had just healed?...Who else would you tell?...
Jesus went around traveling from village to village teaching and healing...He often healed people and told them not to tell anyone...After He healed someone, we do not get that He specifically tells anyone about their healing...People around Him could see Him and watch Him, but He seems to be mostly quiet about His healing power...When we think about Him healing others, those who were healed would want to tell their family and friends that they are over their current and long time suffering...This would be a natural thing to do, to tell your spouse and your friends that you are now healed...And I think you would want to say, this Man named Jesus was the One who healed me...But Jesus never ask for credit in doing His healings...He did not advertise His healing ways through the telling of others of these great healings...Jesus was not looking for fame or to be famous or to draw attention to His healing power...Jesus might slip away after a healing and the person might not even have gotten His name...
Jesus once ask two blind men if they believed that He could restore their sight...They both answered yes, LORD...Jesus wanted people to see and believe that it was their faith in Him and in God that helped them get over their malady...Jesus humbly healed people and did not take credit or look for payment or any attention for His healings...
And yet the crowds, and those seeking Him grew and grew...Miraculous healings done by One Person again and again would naturally draw large crowds, to that Person...And as His followers grew and the crowds grew, I am sure the Roman officials would keep a closer eye on Him...And it might have been as His followers and crowds grew His opposition grew in the sense that He was getting much of their attention...But Jesus humbly and gently healed others...Grace and truth are like that...