The Pool of Siloam appears in one Place the old testament and two places in the New testament in John 9:7 and 11. The pool is significant because John 9:1-12 tell us about a man who was born blind at birth and was miraculously healed by Jesus Christ at this location. The purpose of the account is to teach us that Jesus is God who has the authority and power to heal. A secondary purpose of telling us about this event is to teach us that illness and disease, is not always due to one's personal sin. It is often due to the fact that we live in a fallen world riddled with sin and evil. The first time the Pool Siloam" (which translated "sent"). So the blind man went away and washed and came back seeing. John 9:6b-7(NASB)
Meaning and significance of the Pool of Siloam.
The gospel of John gives us the meaning of the word "Siloam" as being "sent," A fuller explanation of the word is as a sending out, gushing forth' (of water)," the meaning of Siloam suggests that the water was gushing being sent into the pool.
Jesus is performing the sixth of seven miraculous "sign" recorded in the gospel of John. In this case, the miracle is giving sight to a man who was born blind. This states is unique for several reason
First it means, Jesus is about grant this man an ability he does not naturally posses (John 9:1-2).
Second, it corresponds to old testament prediction that the Messiah would give sight to the blind (Isaiah 29:18; 35:5; 42: 7).
Third, Jesus uses this moment as an example to teach the disciple that not all sufferings is punishment for sin (John9:3-4).
Lastly, this miracle occurs on a sabbath day, (John 9:14). Futher irritating the Pharisees, who Jesus seems, to be deliberating antagonizing. He is the Lord of the sabbath. No wonder as Paul wrote, "The man without the spirit does not accept the things that comes from the spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).
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