Isaiah 29:18

29:18 At that time ¹  the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll,

and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness. ² 

Isaiah 29:24

29:24 Those who stray morally will gain understanding; ³ 

those who complain will acquire insight. ⁴ 

Isaiah 30:26

30:26 The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare

and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter,

like the light of seven days, ⁵ 

when the Lord binds up his people’s fractured bones ⁶ 

and heals their severe wound. ⁷ 

Isaiah 35:5-6

35:5 Then blind eyes will open,

deaf ears will hear.

35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,

the mute tongue will shout for joy;

for water will flow ⁸  in the desert,

streams in the wilderness. ⁹ 

Isaiah 54:13

54:13 All your children will be followers of the Lord,

and your children will enjoy great prosperity. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 60:1-2

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor ¹¹  of the Lord shines on you!

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers ¹²  the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor ¹³  appears over you.

Jeremiah 31:34

31:34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. ¹⁴  For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” ¹⁵  says the Lord. “For ¹⁶  I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”

Matthew 13:11

13:11 He replied, ¹⁷  “You have been given ¹⁸  the opportunity to know ¹⁹  the secrets ²⁰  of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Mark 7:37

7:37 People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Mark 8:22-25

A Two-stage Healing

8:22 Then ²¹  they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus ²²  and asked him to touch him. 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then ²³  he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes ²⁴  and asked, “Do you see anything?” 8:24 Regaining his sight ²⁵  he said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.” 8:25 Then Jesus ²⁶  placed his hands on the man’s ²⁷  eyes again. And he opened his eyes, ²⁸  his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Acts 26:18

26:18 to open their eyes so that they turn ²⁹  from darkness to light and from the power ³⁰  of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share ³¹  among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Acts 26:2

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ³²  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

Colossians 4:6

4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.

Colossians 4:1

4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Colossians 2:20-21

2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits ³³  of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? 2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”

[29:18]  ¹ tn Or “In that day” (KJV).

[29:18]  ² tn Heb “and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.”

[29:24]  ³ tn Heb “and the ones who stray in spirit will know understanding.”

[29:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “will learn instruction”; cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “will accept instruction.”

[30:26]  ⁵ sn Light here symbolizes restoration of divine blessing and prosperity. The number “seven” is used symbolically to indicate intensity. The exact meaning of the phrase “the light of seven days” is uncertain; it probably means “seven times brighter” (see the parallel line).

[30:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “the fracture of his people” (so NASB).

[30:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the injury of his wound.” The joining of synonyms emphasizes the severity of the wound. Another option is to translate, “the wound of his blow.” In this case the pronominal suffix might refer to the Lord, not the people, yielding the translation, “the wound which he inflicted.”

[35:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”

[35:6]  ⁹ tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”

[54:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and great [will be] the peace of your sons.”

[60:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).

[60:2]  ¹² tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[60:2]  ¹³ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”

[31:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “teach…, saying, ‘Know the Lord.’” The indirect quote has been chosen for stylistic reasons, i.e., to better parallel the following line.

[31:34]  ¹⁵ sn This statement should be understood against the background of Jer 8:8-9 where class distinctions were drawn and certain people were considered to have more awareness and responsibility for knowing the law and also Jer 5:1-5 and 9:3-9 where the sinfulness of Israel was seen to be universal across these class distinctions and no trust was to be placed in friends, neighbors, or relatives because all without distinction had cast off God’s yoke (i.e., refused to submit themselves to his authority).

[31:34]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) that introduces this clause refers to more than just the preceding clause (i.e., that all will know the Lord) but to all of vv. 31-34a (See BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 3.c).

[13:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:11]  ¹⁸ tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).

[13:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “to you it has been given to know.” The dative pronoun occurs first, in emphatic position in the Greek text, although this position is awkward in contemporary English.

[13:11]  ²⁰ tn Grk “the mysteries.”

[8:22]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:22]  ²² tn Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:23]  ²³ tn Grk “village, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[8:23]  ²⁴ tn Grk “on him,” but the word πάλιν in v. 25 implies that Jesus touched the man’s eyes at this point.

[8:24]  ²⁵ tn The verb ἀναβλέπω, though normally meaning “look up,” when used in conjunction with blindness means “regain sight.”

[8:25]  ²⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:25]  ²⁷ tn Grk “his”; the referent (the blind man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:25]  ²⁸ tn Or “he looked intently”; or “he stared with eyes wide open” (BDAG 226 s.v. διαβλέπω 1).

[26:18]  ²⁹ sn To open their eyes so that they turn… Here is Luke’s most comprehensive report of Paul’s divine calling. His role was to call humanity to change their position before God and experience God’s forgiveness as a part of God’s family. The image of turning is a key one in the NT: Luke 1:79; Rom 2:19; 13:12; 2 Cor 4:6; 6:14; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12; 1 Thess 5:5. See also Luke 1:77-79; 3:3; 24:47.

[26:18]  ³⁰ tn BDAG 352-53 s.v. ἐξουσία 2 states, “Also of Satan’s power Ac 26:18.” It is also possible to translate this “the domain of Satan” (cf. BDAG 353 s.v. 6)

[26:18]  ³¹ tn Or “and an inheritance.”

[26:2]  ³² sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[2:20]  ³³ tn See the note on the phrase “elemental spirits” in 2:8.