John 9:37-38

Jesus then identified Himself as the Son of Man (cf. John 4:26). Perhaps He said that the man had seen Him to connect the miracle with the miracle-worker. The man may have suspected that Jesus was his healer because of the sound of His voice, but seeing made the identification certain. The man had seen Him with the eyes of faith previously, but now he also saw Him physically. Similarly modern believers see Him by faith, but in the future faith will give way to sight.

Jesus removed all possibility of misunderstanding by also identifying Himself as the One who then spoke to the man. The beggar confessed His faith in Jesus and appropriately proceeded to prostrate himself (Gr. proskyneo) in worship before Him. This is the only place in this Gospel where we read that anyone worshipped Jesus. Now the respectful address "Lord" took on deeper meaning for him (John 9:36). However the man still had much to learn about the full identity of Jesus and its implications, as all new believers do. This man was no longer welcome in his synagogue, but he took a new place of worship at Jesus’ feet. Worship means acknowledging and ascribing worthiness to someone or something.

This blind man’s pilgrimage from darkness to light is clear from the terms he used to describe Jesus. First, he called Him "the man called Jesus" (John 9:11). Second, he referred to Jesus as a prophet (John 9:17). Third, he came to believe that Jesus was a prophet who had come from God (John 9:33). Finally, he acknowledged Jesus as Lord (John 9:38). This man’s progress from dark unbelief to the light of faith is very significant in view of John’s stated purpose to bring his readers to believe that Jesus is the Christ (John 20:31). It shows that this process sometimes, indeed usually, involves stages of illumination. It is also interesting that the problems that this man had with the Pharisees were what God used to open his eyes to who Jesus really was. It is often through difficulties that God teaches us more about Himself.