Patrikin – Kinship through The Father

[The man healed of blindness] said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? – John 9:38-40

A tender, seemingly private moment between Jesus and a new follower when all of a sudden a Pharisee chimes in — having eavesdropped on the whole conversation!

Jesus, really, had no privacy. Later when accused of subversive teaching he truthfully said,

“I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.” – John 18:20

Two things I learn from this:

1. Jesus did not get upset when his privacy was invaded, neither should I;
2. Jesus taught nothing secretly, neither should God’s people.

— fritz@langgang.com