“Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.”
Where, then, is your blessed assurance of those days? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. — Paul appeals to their former intensity ('makarismos' — blessedness, the feeling of being blessed by his presence): they would have torn out their eyes for him (whether literal or hyperbolic), expressing lavish generosity and love, now vanished.
Church Fathers on Galatians 4:15
“Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? For I bear you witness, that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me. So then am I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Here he shows perplexity and amazement, and desires to learn of themselves the reason of their change. Who, says he, has deceived you, and caused a difference in your disposition towards me? Are you not the same who attended and ministered to me, counting me more…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!