John 9:7

“And said unto him, go wash in the Pool of Siloam, etc.] A fountain of this name is called Siloah, (<230806>Isaiah 8:6), and according to the Jewish writers, sometimes Gihon f415; and this, they say f416, was without Jerusalem, though near unto it: hither the Jews went at the feast of tabernacles f417, and drew water with great rejoicing, and brought it, and poured it on the altar; the waters thereof also the priests drank for digestion, when they had eaten too much flesh f418; and this was likewise made use of to wash in, in case of uncleanness. It is said f419 of Benaiah, one of David’s worthies, that “one day he set his foot upon a dead toad, and he went down to Siloah, and broke the…”

“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, . . . Sent, &c.--(See Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:14). As the prescribed action was purely symbolical in its design, so in connection with it the Evangelist notices the symbolical name of the pool as in this case bearing testimony to him who was sent to do what it only symbolized. (See Isa 8:6, where this same pool is used figuratively to denote "the streams that make glad the city of God," and which, humble though they be, betoken a present God of Israel.)”

“Wash in the pool - In the fountains. Of Siloam - See the notes at Luke 13:4. By interpretation, Sent - From the Hebrew verb to send perhaps because it was regarded as a blessing sent or given by God. Why Jesus sent him to wash there is not known. It is clear that the waters had no efficacy themselves to open the eyes of a blind man, but it is probable that he directed him to go there to test his obedience, and to see whether he was disposed to obey him in a case where he could not see the reason of it. An instance somewhat similar occurs in the case of Naaman, the Syrian leper, 2 Kings 5:10. The proud Syrian despised the direction; the tremble blind man obeyed and was healed. This case shows…”

“Go, wash at the pool of Siloam - Perhaps our Lord intended to make the miracle more taken notice of. For a crowd of people would naturally gather round him to observe the event of so strange a prescription, and it is exceeding probable, the guide who must have led him in traversing a great part of the city, would mention the errand he was going upon, and so call all those who saw him to a greater attention. From the fountain of Siloam, which was without the walls of Jerusalem, a little stream flowed into the city, and was received in a kind of basin, near the temple, and called the pool of Siloam. Which is, by interpretation, Sent - And so was a type of the Messiah, who was sent of God. He…”

“9:7 Siloam, a pool at the south end of the city of Jerusalem, was the source of water for the ceremonies at the Festival of Shelters. • Siloam means “sent”: This phrase contained a double meaning: Jesus, who has been sent by God (4:34; 5:23, 37; 7:28; 8:26; 12:44; 14:24), told the blind man to wash in the pool called “sent.””

“Go: Kg2 5:10-14 the pool: Joh 9:11; Neh 3:15, Siloah, Isa 8:6, Shiloah Sent: Joh 10:36; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4 and came: Joh 9:39, Joh 11:37; Exo 4:11; Psa 146:8; Isa 29:18, Isa 29:19, Isa 32:3, Isa 35:5, Isa 42:7, Isa 42:16-18; Isa 43:8; Luk 2:32; Act 26:18 John 9:8”