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MATTHEW 9:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 9:27Matt 9:29
“And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.”
When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. The question Jesus asks — do you believe I am able? — is the faith question he presses before healing. The Lord and the Yes communicate the decisive commitment that the question seeks: not the tentativeness of the maybe of verse 21 but the explicit affirmation of capacity. The blind men have already demonstrated faith by following; the question crystallizes the faith into explicit declaration. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen — the blind men believe in what they cannot see.

Church Fathers on Matthew 9:28

The miracles that had gone before of the ruler’s d aug hter, and the woman with the issue of blood, are now followed by that of two blind men, that what death and disease had there witnessed, that blindness might now witness. 'And as Jesus passed thence,' that is, from the ruler’s house, there followed him two blind men, crying, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou Son of David.'

Jerome · 4th century

Here is no small charge against the Jews, that these men, having lost their sight, yet believe by means of their hearing only; while they who had sight, would not believe the miracles that were done. Observe their eagerness; they do not simply come to Him, but with crying, and asking for nothing but mercy; they call Him Son of David because that seemed to be a name of honour.

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom., xxxii

Rightly they call Him Son of David, because the Virgin Mary was of the line of David.

Remigius · 9th century
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