Verse 7
Jesus then instructed the blind man to go to the pool of Siloam in southeast Jerusalem and wash the mud off his eyes. [Note: See the diagram "Jerusalem in New Testament Times" at the end of these notes.] He obeyed Jesus, received his sight, and departed from the pool seeing. His obedience evidenced faith that something good would come of obeying Jesus.
It is probably significant that Jesus sent the man to that particular source of water. John interpreted the meaning of "Siloam" as "sent" for his readers. Jesus had sent the man, he obeyed, and he received sight. Likewise all who obeyed Jesus’ command to believe on Him received spiritual sight.
"Sight was restored by clay, made out of the ground with the spittle of Him, Whose breath had at first breathed life into clay; and this was then washed away in the Pool of Siloam, from whose waters had been drawn on the Feast of Tabernacles that which symbolized the forthpouring of the new life by the Spirit." [Note: Edersheim, 2:181.]
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