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Mat_13:16-17. Ὑμῶν ] stands first for sake of emphasis, and in contrast to the stupid multitude.
μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοί ] Personification of the faculty of sight. Luk_11:27; Act_5:9; Isa_52:7.
ὅτι βλέπουσι … ὅτι ἀκούει ] The thought underlying this (and keeping in view Mat_13:13; Mat_13:15) may be stated thus: your intellect, as regards the apprehension of divine truth, is not unreceptive and obtuse, but susceptible and active.
γάρ ] justifies the congratulation on the ground of the important nature of the matter in question.
δίκαιοι ] Upright, holy men of old. Comp. Mat_10:41, Mat_23:29, also ἅγιοι , Mat_27:52.
ἰδεῖν ἃ βλέπετε , κ . τ . λ .] the μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας , Mat_13:11; Heb_11:13; Heb_11:39. The vision of Abraham, Joh_8:56, is foreign to the present passage, from the fact of its not having been seen during his life in the body.
The βλέπειν in Mat_13:16 was equivalent to, to be capable of seeing, while here it means simply to see. Comp. note on Joh_9:39. But there is no ground for supposing that Matthew has mixed up two distinct discourses (de Wette).