"born blind; they knew not Him with whom they were in controversy. Divine light shone into the chambers of the blind man's soul. As these hypocrites tried to make him disbelieve, God helped him to show, by the vigor and pointedness of his replies, that he was not to be ensnared. He answered, “I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be His disciples? Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art His disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence He is.” DA 474.1"
"Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples."
The EGW passage directly quotes John 9:28.
"The Lord Jesus knew the ordeal through which the man was passing, and He gave him grace and utterance, so that he became a witness for Christ. He answered the Pharisees in words that were a cutting rebuke to his questioners. They claimed to be the expositors of Scripture, the religious guides of the nation; and yet here was One performing miracles, and they were confessedly ignorant as to the source of His power, and as to His character and claims. “Why herein is a marvelous thing,” said the man, “that ye know not from whence He is, and yet He hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and doeth His will, him He heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this Man were not of God, He could do nothing.” DA 474.2"
"For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."
While not a direct quote, the EGW passage echoes the idea of God giving utterance and wisdom, as seen in Luke 21:15, to someone facing opposition for their faith. The connection is thematic rather than a direct principle.
"The man had met his inquisitors on their own ground. His reasoning was unanswerable. The Pharisees were astonished, and they held their peace,—spellbound before his pointed, determined words. For a few moments there was silence. Then the frowning priests and rabbis gathered about them their robes, as though they feared contamination from contact with him; they shook off the dust from their feet, and hurled denunciations against him,—“Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us ?” And they excommunicated him. DA 474.3"
"And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet."
While the context is different, the act of 'shaking off the dust' as a sign of rejection is a clear parallel. The EGW passage uses this imagery to describe the Pharisees' rejection of the healed man.
"Jesus heard what had been done; and finding him soon after, He said, “Dost thou believe on the Son of God?” DA 474.4"
"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?"
The EGW passage directly quotes John 9:35.
"For the first time the blind man looked upon the face of his Restorer. Before the council he had seen his parents troubled and perplexed; he had looked upon the frowning faces of the rabbis; now his eyes rested upon the loving, peaceful countenance of Jesus. Already, at great cost to himself, he had acknowledged Him as a delegate of divine power; now a higher revelation was granted him. DA 474.5"
"And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him."
The EGW passage directly describes the scene after the blind man's healing, culminating in his worship of Jesus, as described in John 9:38. The description of the blind man's changing perception of Jesus and his growing faith directly amplifies the biblical account.