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Mat_15:14. Ἄφετε αὐτούς ] Let them alone, dismiss them from your thoughts! Comp. Soph. Phil. 1043 (1054): ἄφετε γὰρ αὐτὸν , μηδὲ προσψαύσητʼ ἔτι . “Indignos esse pronuntiat, quorum haberi debeat ratio,” Calvin.
In the application of the general saying: τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν , etc., the falling into a ditch (cistern, or any other hole in the earth, as in Mat_12:17) is to be understood as a figurative expression for being cast into Gehenna. These blind teachers, whose minds are closed against the entrance of divine truth (comp. Mat_23:16; Rom_2:19), are with their blind followers hopelessly lost!
Observe what emphasis there is in the fourfold repetition of τυφλοί , etc. The very acme of Pharisaic blindness was their maintaining that they were not blind, Joh_9:40.