Luke 7:22 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

BSB

So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

KJV

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

ASV

And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

BBE

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis answering G611 ὁ ho (the) G3588 Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 πορευθέντες poreuthentes Having gone G4198 ἀπαγγείλατε apangeilate do relate G518 Ἰωάννῃ Iōannē to John G2491 ἃ ha what G3739 εἴδετε eidete you have seen G1492 καὶ kai and G2532 ἠκούσατε ēkousate heard G191 ὅτι hoti that G3754 τυφλοὶ tuphloi Blind G5185 ἀναβλέπουσιν anablepousin receive sight G308 χωλοὶ chōloi lame G5560 περιπατοῦσιν peripatousin walk G4043 λεπροὶ leproi lepers G3015 καθαρίζονται katharizontai are cleansed G2511 καὶ kai and G2532 κωφοὶ kōphoi deaf G2974 ἀκούουσιν akouousin hear G191 νεκροὶ nekroi dead G3498 ἐγείρονται egeirontai are raised G1453 πτωχοὶ ptōchoi poor G4434 εὐαγγελίζονται euangelizontai are evangelised G2097

The early church

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He said not positively to them I am he, but rather leads them to the certainty of the fact, in order that receiving their faith in Him, with their reason agreeing thereto, they might return to him who sent them. Hence He made not answer to the words, but to the intention of him who sent them; as it follows, And Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: as if He said, Go and tell John the things which ye have heard indeed through the Prophets, but have seen accomplished by Me. For He was then performing those things which the Prophets prophesied He would do; that is of which it is added, For the blind see, the lame walk.

Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Or else, He wished by this to show that whatever was passing in their hearts, could not be hid from His sight. For they were those who were offended at Him.

Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

And what is not less than these, the poor have the Gospel preached to them, that is, the poor are enlightened by the Spirit, or hidden treasures, that there might be no difference between the rich and the poor. These things prove the faith of the Master, when all who can be saved by Him are equal.

Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

These are also the words of Elias, saying, The Lord himself shall come and save us. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart. (Isa. 35:4-6.)

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

But we have before said, that mystically John was the type of the Law, which was the forerunner of Christ. John then sends his disciples to Christ, that they might obtain the filling up of their knowledge, for Christ is the fulfilling of the Law. And perhaps those disciples are the two nations, of whom the one of the Jews believed, the other of the Gentiles believed because they heard. They wished then to see, because blessed are the eyes that see. But when they shall have come to the Gospel, and found that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, then shall they say, "We have seen with our eyes," for we seem to ourselves to see Him whom we read of. Or perhaps through the instrumentality (operatrice) of a certain part of our Body a we all seem to have traced out the course of our Lord's passion; for faith comes through the few to the many. The Law then announces that Christ will come, the writings of the Gospel prove that He has come.

Ambrose of Milan · d. 397Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 19–35

To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus Christ himself. They made a jest of the methods God took to do them good. This is the ruin of multitudes; they are not serious in the concerns of their souls. Let us study to prove ourselves children of Wisdom, by attending the instructions of God's word, and adoring those mysteries and glad tidings which infidels and Pharisees deride and blaspheme.

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