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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:33

‘They say to him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” '

Their request was simple, that their eyes might be opened. The idea of the ‘opening of the eyes' has a double meaning. It could signify the making of a blind man to see, especially as a Messianic sign (Matthew 11:5 with Isaiah 35:5), but it could also signify the opening of spiritually blind eyes to the truth (Isaiah 42:7; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:18). They were actually asking the easier option, but Jesus gave them both.

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