Isaiah 35:5
“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.”
King James Version
More of Isaiah 35 on this siteIsaiah 35:1
Eyes of the blind opened, ears of the deaf unstopped, the lame man leaping — the works Jesus cites when John's disciples ask if he is the one.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 11:4-5 Luke 7:22 John 9
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishMessianic age blessings; not all signs fulfilled.
CatholicFulfilled in Jesus' healing miracles.
ProtestantJesus used Isaiah 35 as his Messianic answer to John the Baptist (Luke 7:22).
AcademicPoetic restoration vision; Jesus may have deliberately enacted these as symbolic claims.
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