Reference: Blind
Easton
Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Mt 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; Joh 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Le 19:14; De 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1Sa 11:2; Jer 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Ge 27:1; 1Ki 14:4; 1Sa 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2Ki 25:7; 1Sa 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa 6:10; 42:18-19; Mt 15:14; Eph 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Ac 13:11).
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When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."
You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
"'Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel."
They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.
Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.
Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see! Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the LORD?
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David."
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed.
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.