What Jesus Saw

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

"And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following." (John 1:37-38)

There are seven times in the Gospel of John where "Jesus saw" something which led Him to action. First, when Jesus saw the two disciples mentioned in our text, He invited them to come with Him, and their lives were changed forever. Then, the next day "Jesus saw Nathanael" (John 1:47) and also called him as one of the twelve disciples.

At the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, there was a man who had been crippled for 38 years. But "when Jesus saw him" (John 5:6), He healed him and made him whole. Back in Galilee, as He was teaching His disciples, "Jesus . . . saw a great company come unto him" (John 6:5), and this soon led to the great miracle of the feeding of 5,000 men with just five loaves and two small fishes.

Another great miracle took place, presumably in Jerusalem. As He was passing by, "Jesus . . . saw a man which was blind from his birth" (John 9:1) and proceeded to open his eyes. At the small town of Bethany, a close friend of Jesus named Lazarus was worse than blind--he was dead! His two sisters, Mary and Martha, along with many friends, were mourning bitterly when Jesus finally came. But "when Jesus therefore saw . . . |Mary| weeping" (John 11:33), He also wept and then called for Lazarus, already dead for four days, to come forth alive from the grave, and he came!

Then, at the cross as He was being crucified, His own mother was there, as well as His beloved disciple John. "When Jesus therefore saw his mother" (John 19:26), He commissioned John to care for her after He was gone.

Our Lord Jesus does see us, and sees our needs, and He does care. And there is a soon-coming day when He "shall wipe away all tears from |our| eyes" (Revelation 21:4). HMM