Dict: smith - BLINDNESS

smith:

BLINDNESS - B>@ - is extremely common in the East from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in the New Testament kjv@Matthew:12:22) and "opening the eyes of the blind" is mentioned in prophecy as a peculiar attribute of the Messiah. kjv@Isaiah:29:18 kjv@Isaiah:42:7) etc. The Jews were specially charged to treat the blind with compassion and care. kjv@Leviticus:19:14 kjv@Leviticus:27:18) Blindness willfully inflicted for political or other purposes is alluded to in Scripture. ( kjv@1Samuel:11:2; kjv@Jeremiah:39:7)