Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 9:35

"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?" — John 9:35 (ASV)

Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him,

What a blessed thing to be cast out, if Christ finds us! Many and many have been put out of the synagogue and treated with contempt, but then outside Jerusalem they found their Lord, for there he died without the camp, and his people need not be ashamed to go after him bearing his reproach.

When he had found him.

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him,– Oh, how he rejoices in finding those that are cast out by the world, or by the self-righteous: When he had found him,–.

Jesus heard that they had cast him out;—

Jesus knew all that had happened to this man, but someone probably related the story to him; and our Lord knows all about each one of us, and he knows whether anyone here is suffering for his sake or for the truth's sake. Jesus knew that they had cast him out;—

And when he had found him, –

For he always finds those whom the world or false professors have cast out.