And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is, by interpretation, Sent.) These operations were not so incongruous in their nature as might appear, though it were absurd to imagine that they contributed in the least degree to the effect which followed. (See the note at Mark 6:13; Mark 7:33-34.) 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 Isaiah 8:6, where this same pool is used figuratively to denote "the streams that made glad the city of God," and which, humble though they be, betoken a present God of Israel.
He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. See 2 Kings 5:10; 2 Kings 5:14. But though he "came seeing," it does not appear that he came to Jesus. On the contrary, when no "came seeing," Jesus was not to be seen; nor did they meet at all, it would seem, until, after his expulsion from the synagogue, Jesus "found him" (John 9:35).