After healing a man born blind, controversy erupted from the Pharisees because Jesus healed him on the Sabbath. When the man was brought to them, they asked him how he was healed. After informing them, the Pharisees launched an attack on Jesus saying, “…’This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.’” (16b). Others asked how He could perform such signs if He was a sinner. After rejecting the formerly blind man’s explanation, they called His parents. Fearing they would be kicked out of the synagogue [church], they acknowledged him as their son and that he was born blind, but deferred to their son about how he was healed. His parents were more concerned about their synagogue status than their son’s healing. Calling the son again, they argued from their sense of superiority as followers of Moses. But the formerly blind man said to these Pharisees, “…’Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’” (25b). The Pharisees’ passion for position carried them into an unwillingness to learn. We could say, their arrogance trapped them in ignorance in spite of the obvious.