“The tax collector in the Gospel, therefore, acting properly, "did not wish even to lift up his eyes," but on the other hand, the disciple who is present with Jesus would reasonably lift them up when he is given the command, "Lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are already white to harvest."2The prophet, to…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 28:32-34
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1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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— Psalms 123:1 —
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.