The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Ver. 5. The blind receive their sight] Our Saviour seems to say the same to John, that she did to Judah, Genesis 38:25. Discern, I pray thee, whose works are these. The end of his miracles was the proof of his majesty.
The poor have the gospel, &c.] Gr. are gospelized (ευαγγελιζονται): they not only receive it, but are changed by it, transformed into it.