ACC ~ John 9 v10

THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND TO SEE

EPHREM THE SYRIAN: Those who could see were clearly being drawn to the blind man, who saw inwardly. The blind man was being drawn secretly to those who could see but who were blind inwardly. He [the blind man] washed away the clay from his eyes and appeared to himself. They washed the blindness from their hearts and gained approval for themselves. When our Lord opened up the eyes of one blind man clearly in that moment, he opened up [the eyes of] many blind people secretly. For that blind man was [surely] blind. He was like a source of profit for our Lord, for by him our Lord acquired many blind people [by healing them] from the blindness of their heart. COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 16.30. [1]

[1] CB709:188.

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