Let their eyes be darkened (
skotisqhtwsan oi opqalmoi autwn). First aorist passive imperative of
skotizw, to darken. A terrible imprecation.
That they may not see (
tou mh blepein). Repeated from verse
Luke 8 .
Bow down (
sunkampson). First aorist active imperative of
sunkamptw, old verb, to bend together as of captives whose backs (
nwton, another old word, only here in N.T.) were bent under burdens. Only here in N.T.