John 9:36

Who is he? The healed man had not seen Jesus before. When the Lord dismissed him to wash in the Pool of Siloam the man was still blind. Having been blind from birth, he had never seen a human face before this day. How thrilled he must have been to gaze upon the countenances of his parents and acquaintances! Now for the first time he beheld the lovely face of Jesus. What a contrast to the scowling faces of the hypocritical Pharisees! The voice doubtless identified Jesus as the one who had healed him.

Lord. Gr. kurios, here perhaps simply a title of respect equivalent to “sir.”

That I might believe. He was ready to believe on the Messiah, and felt that this man whom he had acknowledged as a prophet (v. 17) could tell him who the Messiah was.