But in this case of the blind man he spat on the ground and made a paste out of the spittle and covered the eyes of the blind man with it. Jesus wanted him to feel that the blind man had been given something from Christ’s body. Jesus felt for the blind man and dealt with him in the best manner to lead him to a cure. Strangely, the man’s eyes were not instantly opened. He had to walk some way to the bottom of the valley, to wash himself in the pool of Siloam, which means "the sent One", a symbol that the healing was meant to be a sending forth to His people.
Ilimpasa atembee kiasi fulani hadi chini bondeni, ili ajioshe ndani ya birika la Siloamu, maana yake, “Aliyetumwa”; hii ilikusudiwa kuwa ishara kwamba, uponyaji huo ulikuwa ni utume kwa watu wake Waisraeli. Maana wao wenyewe walizaliwa vipofu kiroho katika dhambi na hatia, wote wakihitaji uponyaji uliopatikana kwake Yesu pamoja na wokovu.