Neville Goddard on John 9:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

John 9:20-23

Biblical Context

The parents defer to fear of the crowd, while the healed man must speak for himself. The passage shows inner authority arising when one claims seeing for oneself, beyond tradition or verdicts.

Neville's Inner Vision

All through the gospel drama you hear the whisper of the I AM pushing aside the outward role of the family and the synagogue. The parents symbolize beliefs that keep him blind by obedience to the crowd; their fear binds them to a verdict others must pronounce. Yet the healing is not completed by another’s word but by the man’s own self-authored perception. When he is 'of age'—when the inner state asserts itself—he can answer from the certainty of seeing. In Neville's imagination, this is a shift of consciousness: you turn from being defined by what others say to defining yourself by what you affirm with the I AM. The healing occurs as you refuse to defer to alien witnesses and instead embrace the inner fact: I am the one who sees. The world then rearranges to match the inner act of belief, and unity forms as truth and faithfulness align with the realized self.