Matthew 9:29

29 ¹Then he touched their eyes, saying, ²“According to your faith be it done to you. ”

Matthew 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 9:29

Then touched he their eyes
Not but that he could have restored sight to them, without touching their eyes, by a word speaking, or by the secret communication of his power; but he might do this as a sign of his favour and kindness to them, and of his will to cure them; as also in compliance with their weakness, who might expect some manual operation upon them;

saying, according to your faith be it unto you:
not that faith in his person and power, was the cause or condition of this cure, or the rule and measure according to which Christ proceeded; but the sense is, that as they had believed he was able to heal them, accordingly a cure should be effected; which, upon his so saying, they immediately found performed in them.

Matthew 9:29 In-Context

27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David. ”

28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this? ”They said to him, “Yes, Lord. ”

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you. ”

30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it. ”

31 But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.

Cross References

• 1. 9:29 Mark 8:25; John 9:6
• 2. 9:29 See ver. 2