The spies hurry away to report to the rulers this work of Jesus, and that the “world is gone after him.” In performing this miracle, the Saviour took a decisive step toward the completion of his earthly mission. The grandest evidence of his life was now given that he was the Son of God, and had control of death and the grave. Hearts that had long been under the power of sin, in rejecting this proof of the divinity of Jesus, locked themselves in impenetrable darkness and came wholly under the sway of Satan, to be hurried by him over the brink of eternal ruin. {2SP 366.2}

Farisæernes spioner skynder sig bort for at fortælle de øverste om Jesu gerning, og at "verden går efter ham." Idet Jesus udførte dette mirakel, tog han et afgørende skridt, der vakte ham nærmere til fuldkommelsen af hans missionen på jorden. Det herligste bevis i hele hans liv på, at han var Guds Søn og havde magt over døden og graven, var nu givet. Hjerter, som længe havde været under (367) syndens magt, forkastede dette bevis på Jesu guddom og indhyllede sig således i uigennemtrængeligt mørke, så at de kom helt under Satans magt, og han hastede af sted med dem til evig fordærvelse.