“And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,”
If you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark. The Jewish teacher, confident in his knowledge, sees himself as a guide (hodēgos) and light (phōs) to those in darkness (skotos). This recalls Isaiah's vision of Israel's role as a light to the nations, yet Paul will invert this: the guide may himself be blind to his own need for righteousness.
Church Fathers on Romans 2:19
“And art confident that you yourself.” Here again he does not say that you are “a guide of the blind,” but “you are confident,” so you boast, he says. So great was the unreasonableness of the Jews. Wherefore he also repeats nearly the very words, which they used in their boastings. See for instance what they say in the Gospels. “You were altogether born in sin, and do you teach us?” John 9:34 And all men they utterly looked down upon, to convince them of which, Paul keeps…
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