Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:42
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
42. thy faith hath saved thee ] The brief sentences of the narrative have been beautifully woven by Mr Longfellow into his little poem of Blind Bartimaeus: [indent]
“Those mighty voices three,
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Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Jesus said unto him, receive thy sight,…. Be it to thee as thou desirest, look up and see: thus by a word speaking, and power going along with it, without making use of any means, he fulfilled his desire.
Thy faith hath saved thee; or has obtained salvation for thee, a temporal salvation; and it may be also a spiritual and an eternal one: for that is the concern faith has in salvation; it is the means of obtaining and enjoying it: Christ, the object of faith, is the author of it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “And Jesus said unto him,” (kai ho lesous eipen auto) “And Jesus replied to him,” to His earnest and honest plea, Joh 6:37; Joh 7:17; Rom 10:10-13.
2) “Receive thy sight:” (anablepson) “See again,” or let your eyes be opened Mat 20:34 indicates He “touched their eyes,” with the touch of compassion.
3) “Thy faith hath saved thee.” (he pistis sou sesoken se) “Your faith has saved you,” from your blindness, and by his faith he was “made whole,” Mar 10:52.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(42) Thy faith hath saved thee.Better, as in St. Mark, Thy faith hath made thee whole, the immediate reference being obviously to the restoration of the mans sight, and that which was in the immediate future being recognised as already ideally completed. Beyond this, as in the use of the same formula in Luk. 7:50, there lies in the word a reference to the salvation, the healthiness of spiritual vision, of which the restoration of bodily sight was at once the type and the earnest.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has made you whole.” ’
Whether this man was one of the two men similarly healed in Matthew, or whether they had in turn taken up on his lead resulting in a copycat healing, we do not know. But as there would be a number of blind men there and they would all want healing either is possible. It would be very surprising, indeed extremely improbable given the time and place, if Jesus had not healed a number of blind men that day, and the success of one would encourage all. It is a reminder that details are only mentioned when there is a point to be brought home. In the case of the two men in Matthew He healed them by a touch. Here we are only told of His word. His powerful word is a feature of Luke, continuing on to the end of Acts.
Note the emphasis on ‘faith’. As ever faith, however weak, is required, for it is faith that ‘saves’ (Luk 5:20; Luk 7:9; Luk 7:50; Luk 8:48; Luk 17:19).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
saved = healed. See on Luk 8:36.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
saved
(See Scofield “Rom 1:16”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Receive: Psa 33:9, Psa 107:20, Mat 8:3, Mat 15:28
thy faith: Luk 7:50, Luk 8:48, Luk 17:19
Reciprocal: Psa 146:8 – openeth Mat 9:22 – thy Mar 5:34 – thy faith Mar 7:34 – Be opened
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Saved is from sozo, which Thayer defines at this place, “To make well, heal, restore to health.” This favor was given the blind man because he believed in Jesus.