Matthew 20:33 (WEB)
They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
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Augustine of Hippo
“And, behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside heard that Jesus passed by, and cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David;” and so on, down to the words, “And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.”” — editor's note: Matt. xx. 29–34.
Read the whole comment“They say unto Him, That our eyes may be opened.”” — editor's note: Matt. xx. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment“He stood still, healed, enlightened them; for He owned the name.” — editor's note: Matt. xx. 30–34.
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John Chrysostom
“They say unto Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”” — editor's note: Matt. xx. 32, 33.
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Jerome
“She was shewn too the spot by the wayside where the blind men sat who, receiving their sight from the Lord, became types of the two peoples who should believe upon Him.” — editor's note: Matt. xx. 30–34.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
As the proof of the husbandman’s industry lies in the abundance of his crop, so the fulness of the Church is the evidence of an industrious teacher; so it is here said, “And as they departed from Jericho, a great…
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Mark relates this miracle, but speaks of only one blind man. This difficulty is thus explained; of the two blind linen whom Matthew has introduced, one was well known in that city, as appears by Mark’s mentioning…
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For they saw how mean their clothes, and considered not how pure their consciences. See the foolish wisdom of men! They think great men are hurt when they receive the homage of the poor. What poor man dare salute a…
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Or, They bid them hold their peace, not from reverence for Christ, but because they were grieved to hear from the blind what they denied, namely, that the Lord was the Son of David.
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Or; Those that believed rebuked them that they should not dishonour Him by styling Him merely Son of David, but should rather say, Son of God, have mercy on us.
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They were rather encouraged than repelled by this rebuke. For so faith is quickened by being prohibited; and hence is secure in dangers, and in security is endangered; whence it follows, But they cried out the more,…
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Christ suffered them to be forbidden, that their desire might be the more evidenced. Hence learn that though we be repulsed, yet if we come to God with earnestness, of ourselves, we shall obtain that we ask. It…
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Jesus stood still, because they being blind could not see their way. About Jericho were many pits, crags, and abrupt precipices; therefore the Lord stands still, that they might come to Him.
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Or; Jesus does not pass on, but stands still, that by His standing His goodness may not pass by, but as from an abiding fount mercy may flow forth upon them.
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He commands that they be called to Him that the multitude may not withhold them; and He asks them what they would, that by their answer, their necessity may be made apparent, and His power be shewn in their healing.
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Or; He asks them on account of their faith, that whereas they who were blind confess Christ to be the Son of God, those who had their sight might be put to shame for their esteeming Him only man. They had indeed…
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The Creator bestows what nature had not given; or at least mercy accords what weakness had withheld.
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But as before this bounty they had been persevering, so after the receiving it they were not ungrateful.
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On being healed they rendered a high service to Christ; for it follows, “And they followed him.” For this the Lord requires of thee, according to the Prophet, that “thou be careful to walk with the Lord thy God.”…
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They then who had sat shut up in Jericho, and knew only to cry with their voice, afterwards follow Jesus, not so much with their feet as in their virtues.
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But Jericho, which is interpreted ‘the moon,’ denotes the infirmity of our changefulness.
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Figuratively, Jericho is taken to be the world, into which Christ came down. They who are in Jericho, know not how to escape from the wisdom of the world, unless they see not Jesus only coming out of Jericho, but…
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By the two blind men are generally understood the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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Otherwise; The two blind men sitting by the wayside, denote certain of both nations already by faith coming in to that temporal dispensation, according to which Christ is the way, and seeking to be enlightened, that…
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For bad or lukewarm Christians are an hindrance to good Christians, who seek to perform the commandments of God. Notwithstanding these cry and faint not; for every Christian at his first setting about to live well…
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Jesus therefore, the same who said, “To him that knocketh it shall be opened,” hearing them, stands still, touches them, and gives them light. Faith in His temporal incarnation prepares us for the understanding of…
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Some interpret that the two blind men are the Gentiles; one sprung from Cham, the other from Japhet; they sat by the wayside, that is, they walked hard by the truth, but they could not find it out; or they were…
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But recognizing the rumour of Christ, they desired to be made partakers of Him. Many spake against them; first the Jews, as we read in the Acts; then the Gentiles harassed them by persecution; but yet they might not…
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Accordingly Jesus touched the eyes of the Gentile mind, giving them the grace of the Holy Spirit, and when enlightened they followed Him with good works.
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We also now sitting by the wayside of the Scriptures, and understanding wherein we are blind, if we ask with desire, He will touch the eyes of our souls, and the gloom of ignorance shall depart from our minds, that…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 20:29–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 20:29–34 (5) (Catena Aurea).