The "WE" in John 9 (John 9:4)
In our last podcast, we hit an interesting passage: John 9.4. And we admittedly, took the most expedient root to the interpretation and we're not the only ones. It's a fairly common interpretation. Jesus is there with his disciples, and He says something very curious: He says: "As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work."
I honestly didn't like our interpretation. I noted that we were seeing creation language all through Chapter 9, and I remembered God's use of the plural "Let us make man in our image..." in Genesis 1:26. So I connected the dots. Jesus is speaking exactly the same way here - not referring to his disciples at all. And when you consider this interpretive viewpoint, the whole thing makes a lot more sense. It doesn't feel like I'm trying to shoehorn in an interpretation to fit the narrative.
Recommendation: Read John Chapter 9 in its entirety. Then study 9:4. Then go check out and check out Genesis 1:26 and see if you don't come to the same conclusion! This is what I call an easter egg within the scripture.
These are the same notes as last time. In the section where we discuss this interpretation, we've called them out as "Addendums". There are two sections within the notes that offer an alternative (and I think more effective) view of this passage. NOTES to John 10
