tragedy. The Pharisees and Sadducees regarded any misfortune to be the direct result of someone’s sin, even when a child came into the world with a debilitating disease or birth defect or developmental disability. As Jesus left the temple in Jerusalem, He came upon a man who had been blind from birth. This man could feel the warmth of the sun but had never seen a sunrise. He had heard the pounding of waves, but had never seen the foamy turbulence of the seashore. Upon seeing the blind man, a disciple