Luke 10:23 — Community Reflections

LUKE 10:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:”

Then he turned to his disciples and said privately: blessed are the eyes that see what you see — the private beatitude for the disciples' eyes communicates the privilege of their historical position: they see the fulfillment of what the prophets and kings longed to see. The blessed are the eyes connects the vision of the kingdom to the joy that the seventy-two's return has produced.

Church Fathers on Luke 10:23

Having said above, No one knows who the Father is but the Son, and to whomsoever the Son will reveal him; He pronounces a blessing upon His disciples, to whom the Father was revealed through Him. Hence it is said, And he turned him to his disciples, and said, Blessed &c.
Theophylact · 11th century

He turns to them indeed, since He rejected the Jews, who were deaf, with their understandings blinded, and not wishing to see, and gives Himself wholly to those who love Him; and He pronounces those eyes blessed which see the things no others had seen before. We must however know this, that seeing does not signify the action of the eyes, but the pleasure which the mind receives from benefits conferred. For instance, if any one should say, He has seen good times, that is, he…
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Matthew more clearly calls them prophets, and righteous men. For those are great kings, who have known how, not by yielding to escape from the assaults of temptations, but by mastering to gain the rule over them.
Bede · 8th century

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