χειρὸς τοῦ τυφλοῦ, ἐξήγαγεν 1 αὐτὸν ἔξω τῆς κώµης ' Kal πτύσας εἰς τὰ ὄμματα αὐτοῦ, ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῷ, ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν et τι βλέπει. 24. καὶ ἀναβλέψας ἔλεγε, ΄'Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ περιπατοῦντας., 25. Εἶτα πάλιν ἐπέθηκεδΣ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸν dvaBhépar* καὶ ἀποκατεστάθη,» καὶ ἐνέβλεψεδ τηλαυγῶς] ἅἄπανταςξ 26. ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς Tov? οἶκον αὐτοῦ, λέγων, “' Μηδὲ εἰς THY κώμη» εἰσέλθῃς, μηδὲ εἴπῃς τινὶ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ.” 2°
27. Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ of μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς κώµας Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου: καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐπηρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, λέγων αὐτοῖς, “' Τίνα µε λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι;
‘ και
1 εξηνεγκεν in S$BCL 33, replacedin T.R. by a more common word.
2 Bderets in BCDA (W.H. text) more expressive than βλεπει (SQL, Tisch.). Σεθηκεν in BL (W.H.).
4 For the explanatory gloss και επ. a. αναβλεψαι SBCLA cop. have και διεβλεψεν. 5 απεκατεστη in SBCLA (Β αποκ.). 6 ενεβλεπεν (imp.) BLA.
7 S$CLA have δηλανγως (Tisch.). τηλ. in BD (W.H. text, δηλ. margin).
ἕαπαντα in NBCDLA. 10 All after εισελθης omit NBL.
conductor of the blind man Himself, though he doubtless had one (Weiss- Μεγετ).- πτύσας, spitting, in this case certainly on the diseased parts. Spittle was regarded as a means of cure by the ancients. Holtzmann (H. Ο.) cites the story of Vespasian in Alexandria narrated by Tacitus (Hist., iv., 81). The prince was asked to sprinkle the eyes of a blind man “ oris excremento ’.—et τι βλέπεις, do you, possibly, see anything? el witha direct question, vide Winer, lvii., 2.—Ver. 24. ἀναβλέψας: the narrative contains three compounds of βλέπω (ava, διὰ, ἐν) ; the first denotes looking up in the tentative manner of blind men, the second looking through (a mist as it were) so as to see Clearly, the third look- ing into so as to see distinctly, as one sees the exact outlines of a near object (cf. Mk. xiv. 67).---ὡς δένδρα, as trees, so indistinct was vision as yet; yet not trees, but men because moving (‘‘non arbores, quia ambulent,” Bengel). He knew what a man is like, therefore he had once seen, not born blind. —Ver. 25. A second touch brings better vision, so that διέβλεψεν, and he was now restored to full use of his eyes; the result being permanent perfect vision— ἐνέβλεπεν, ἱπιρετίεοί.---διέβλεψεν points to the first act of distinct seeing.— τηλαυγῶς (τῆλε, αὐγή here only), shining
5 Omit τον many uncials.
from afar. He saw distant objects distinctly as if they were near; did not need to go near them to see them.—Ver. 26. els οἶκον, Ποπῃς.-- μηδὲ, etc., go not into the village; to avoid creating a sensation. It has been suggested that the gradual restoration of sight in this case was meant to symbolise the slow- ness of the Twelve in attaining spiritual insight. They got their eyes opened very gradually like the blind man of Bethsaida. So Klostermann.
Vv. 27-ix. 1. At Caesarea Philippi (Mt. xvi. 13-28, Lk. ix, 18-27).—Ver. 27. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν: the καὶ connects very loosely with what goes before, but presumably ἐξῆλθεν refers to Bethsaida. They leave it and go northwards towards Caesarea Philippi, up the Jordan valley, a distance of some twenty-five or thirty miles.—é ᾿Ιησοῦς: that Jesus is here expressly named is a hint-that some- thing very important is to be narrated, and the mention of the disciples along with Him indicates that it closely con- cerns them.—els τὰς κώµας K. τ. Φ., to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, not to Caesarea Philippi itself Mt. has τὰ
py. Apparently they did not enter the city itself. Jesus seems to have avoided the towns in which the Herodian passion for ambitious architecture was displayed. Besides at this time He
24—32.