Mat 13:14-15 | RWP | e4.org | Is fulfilled ( αναπληρουτα ). Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew's usual formula ( ινα or οπως πλωρηθη το ρηθεν (see ). The verb αναπληροω occurs nowhere else in the Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up like a cup, to fill another's place ( ), to fill up what is lacking ( ). Here it means that the prophecy of Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by ακοη the other by βλεποντες . Note also the strong negative ου μη with aorist subjunctive.

‏ Matthew 13:14-15

Is fulfilled ( αναπληρουτα ). Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew's usual formula ( ινα or οπως πλωρηθη το ρηθεν (see 1:22). The verb αναπληροω occurs nowhere else in the Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up like a cup, to fill another's place (1Co 14:16), to fill up what is lacking (Php 2:30). Here it means that the prophecy of Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by ακοη the other by βλεποντες. Note also the strong negative ου μη with aorist subjunctive.

Is waxed gross ( επαχυνθη ). Aorist passive tense. From παχυς, thick, fat, stout. Made callous or dull -- even fatty degeneration of the heart.

Dull of hearing ( τοις ωσιν βαρεως ηκουσαν ). Another aorist. Literally, "They heard (or hear) heavily with their ears." The hard of hearing are usually sensitive.

Their eyes they have closed ( τους οφθαλμους αυτων εκαμμυσαν ). The epic and vernacular verb καμμυω is from καταμυω (to shut down). We say shut up of the mouth, but the eyes really shut down. The Hebrew verb in Isa 6:10 means to smear over. The eyes can be smeared with wax or cataract and thus closed. "Sealing up the eyes was an oriental punishment" (Vincent). See Isa 29:10; 44:18.

Lest ( μηποτε ). This negative purpose as a judgment is left in the quotation from Isaiah. It is a solemn thought for all who read or hear the word of God.

And I should heal them ( κα ιασομα αυτους ). Here the LXX changes to the future indicative rather than the aorist subjunctive as before.