Matthew Poole and continuators on John 9:7

7 And said unto him, Go wash in the pool of Siloam . Which is by interpretation, Sent. He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing k.

He doth not onely anoint his Eyes, but sendeth him also to Wash in the Pool of Siloam: We read of this Pool Neh. 3.15. And we are told, That it was a Fountain which sprang out from Mount Zion. It should seem, that there was a Brook of that Name, which supplyed part of the City with Water, Isaiah 8.6. Some think, they have [illegible: 1 word] found a Mystery in this Name, because it signifieth [illegible: 1 span] think that it hath an allusion to Shilo, which was the Messias mentioned, Gen. 49.10. The name is plainly an old Name, as appears from the place I noted out of Nehemiah, probably given to it anciently, in acknowledgment of the mercy of God given them, in sending them such a Brook, or Rivulet from those Mountains, so commodious for that great City: Or, because (as some think) the Water did not run always, but at certain times, as it were sent of God. We read of nothing Medicinal in this Water, onely as a probation of the blind man's Faith and Obedience; it pleased our Lord to send the blind man to wash himself there; as of old Naaman the Syri[illegible: 1 letter]n was sent to wash in Iordan. He went, and the Evangelist to let us see, that true Faith joyned with sincere Obedience, never faileth the Expectation of them that exercise it, lets us know that he returned seeing.