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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
For in proof that our sin belongs not to nature, nor to necessity and compulsion, hear what He saith to the apostles, "But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear;" not meaning this kind of sight nor hearing, but that of the mind. For indeed these too were Jews, and brought up in the same circumstances; but nevertheless they took no hurt from the prophecy, because they had the root of His blessings well settled in them, their principle of choice, I mean, and their judgment. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Even the physical eyes and ears of the apostles are blessed. But even more so are their spiritual eyes and ears worthy of blessedness, because they recognized the Christ. He esteems them more highly than the prophets because the prophets saw the Christ only spiritually, while the apostles saw Him both spiritually and physically. But also because the prophets were not deemed worthy of such great mysteries and knowledge as were the apostles. …
Western Saints
Jerome
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. Unless we had read above about auditors called to understanding, with the Savior saying: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear," we would now think that the eyes and ears that receive blessedness are understood as bodily (or physical). …
Thomas Aquinas
But blessed are your eyes that see, and your ears that hear etc. Above, the Lord showed the misery of the Jews who seeing did not see; here he shows the blessedness of the apostles who saw and heard. And first he shows the blessedness; secondly, he shows the sign, at amen I say to you etc. He says, therefore, that seeing they do not see, but your eyes are blessed. But if this is referred to the exterior eyes and ears, the eyes of the Jews are blessed just as much as those of the apostles. …
Glossa Ordinaria
So then the eyes of them that see, and will not believe, are miserable, but your eyes are blessed; whence it follows; Blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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