1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Matthew 11:5 | *The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, **the poor have the gospel preached to them. Isaias 35:5. --- ** Isaias 61:1. | The blind see, etc.{ Ver. 5. Pauperes Evangelizantur, ptochoi euaggelizontai. In the prophet Isaias, euaggelizesthai ptochois epestalke me.|} Christ shews them who he was by the miracles, which were foretold concerning the Messias. --- The poor have the gospel preached to them. This is the sense held forth by the prophet Isaias. (Isaias 61:1) (Witham) --- That is, they are declared to have the kingdom of heaven, and are styled blessed. Here also he fulfils the prophecy of Isaias, (Isaias 61.) which in the Septuagint version is rendered, He sent me to preach the gospel to the poor. (Nicholas of Lyra.) |