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Reader: | John 9.1-12. |
| JACOB: | He is our neighbour, Miriam,
no doubt about it. |
| MIRIAM: | Blind since birth. I remember, Jacob, the great anguish
of his mother as they realised their new baby was blind. |
| JACOB: | Took them some time to accept.
But they are fine people, and he has grown into a fine man. |
| MIRIAM: | It's amazing what he is able
to do for himself, yet - it has troubled him that all he can do to
help support his old parents is sit and beg. |
| JACOB: | But now he can see! I can hardly believe it! What a difference
that's going to make. |
| MIRIAM: | Healed by the man called Jesus. |
| Reader: | John 9.13-17. |
| MIRIAM: | I don't think they should have taken him to the Pharisees,
Jacob. |
| JACOB: | They're suspicious of Jesus, aren't they, Miriam? |
| MIRIAM: | I'm so happy for him that he can see. |
| JACOB: | But it's the Sabbath, so naturally they'll use this to
pick on Jesus. They seem to be at it all the time. |
| MIRIAM: | Tried to get him to agree Jesus was a sinner for healing
him on the Sabbath. |
| JACOB: | But he said Jesus is a prophet! |
| MIRIAM: | He'd better be careful, or they'll get their teeth into
him too! |
| Reader: | John 9.18-23. |
| JACOB: | We could have told the authorities everything his parents
told them, Miriam. |
| MIRIAM: | We could, Jacob. |
| JACOB: | They were afraid to say anything else. |
| MIRIAM: | If they knew anything else! |
| JACOB: | I suppose the real tack was to try to get them to declare
themselves. |
| MIRIAM: | To give their opinion of Jesus? |
| JACOB: | Yes. But they're tight-lipped. |
| MIRIAM: | I know they are impressed with Jesus. |
| JACOB: | But of course! |
| Reader: | John 9.24-34. |
| JACOB: | Did you hear that they have expelled him from the synagogue? |
| MIRIAM: | Expelled him? |
| JACOB: | Yes. He called himself a disciple of Jesus. Thought perhaps
they might like to be his disciples too! |
| MIRIAM: | That was either bold or ignorant! |
| JACOB: | Apparently said Jesus must have come from God. |
| MIRIAM: | They wouldn't like that! |
| JACOB: | So they cast him out! |
| MIRIAM: | Yet he hasn't actually seen Jesus. Has only heard him
speak. |
| JACOB: | Before he was healed? |
| MIRIAM: | I wonder what he will think when he sees Jesus face to
face. |
| JACOB: | If he can find him! |
| Reader: | John 9.34-41. |