After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. Perhaps the one operation perfectly restored the eyes, while the other imparted immediately the faculty of using them. It is the only recorded example of a progressive cure, and it certainly illustrates similar methods in the spiritual kingdom. Of the four recorded cases of sight restored, all the patients except one either came or were brought to the Physician. In the case of the man born blind, the Physician came to the patient. So some seek find Christ; of others He is found who seek Him not. See the notes at Matthew 13:44-46, Remark 1.