Matthew 11:5

ἀναβλέπουσιν : used also in classics to express recovery of sight. κωφοὶ, here taken to mean deaf, though in Matthew 9:32-33, it means dumb, showing that the prophecy, Isaiah 35:5, is in the speaker's thoughts. πτωχοὶ : vague word, might mean literal poor (De W.) or spiritual poor, or the whole people in its national misery (Weiss, Matt. Evan.), best defined by such a text as Matthew 9:36, and such facts as that reported in Matthew 9:10-13. εὐαγγελίζονται : might be middle = the poor preach, and so taken by Euthy. Zig. (also as an alternative by Theophy.), for “what can be poorer than fishing (ἁλιευτικῆς)?” The poor in that case = the Twelve sent out to preach the kingdom. That, too, was character istic of the movement, though not the characteristic intended, which is that the poor, the socially insignificant and neglected, are evangelised (passive, as in Hebrews 4:2).