John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 42:19
Isa 42:19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant? Ver. 19. Who is blind, but my servant? ] Who so blind as he that will not see? Israel was God’s peculiar, and had the light of his law, yet were blind as beetles. Or deaf, as my messenger? ] The priests and Levites. Mal 2:7 Such were the Papist dolts till awakened by the Reformation. Who is blind as he that is perfect? ] The elders of the... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:19
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but My Servant?--The Lord’s Servant blind and deafI. CHRIST’S BLINDNESS. How should it be said of the Servant and Messenger of the Lord that He was blind as none other? How should it be said of Him whose eyes are as a flame of fire, whose look struck like a sword? Are not all things naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do? Yes. 1. But as to the older expositors have pointed out, He was m a sense blind. They dwelt on the fact that His was the blindness... read more