“It is necessary to observe the means of expression the Evangelist used as to whether he says to us that the eyes of the blind person were opened or that he saw. He expresses that he opened his eyes with the words, "It was the sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes." But it also says that he saw with the w…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, FRAGMENT 66
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14And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever; and blessed are all thine holy angels:
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12And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them;
13And the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck.
— Tobit 11:14 —
15For thou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for, behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
16Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineve, rejoicing and praising God: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight.