Concerning John’s account of the healing of the blind man in John 9, my good friend Phil Walters observes that the “saliva is also from the tongue/mouth of God… words come from the mouth/tongue; the world was created by the Word of God. John calls Jesus the Word and says that He was with God and was God at Creation. Jesus is showing us again that He is God (Word) and man (dirt).”
That is the best interpretation I have ever heard of that text. Bravo..thanks!