To open the blinde eyes] To illighten their mind with the sound knowledge of saving truth. Chap. 35. 5. Acts 26:18. 2 Cor. 4. 4, 6. Eph. 1. 18. Revelation 3:18.
to bring out the prisoners] To deliver them ftom the thraldome of sin and Satan. Chap. 61. 1. Luke 4:18. Rom. 6. 6, 14. & 7. 24, 25. Galatians 1:4. Colossians 1. 13. 2 Timoth. 2. 26. Titus 2:14. Hebrews 2:14-15.
that sit in darknesse] Like close prisoners in a dungeon, into which light hath no accesse. Chap. 9. 2. Luke 1:79.
the prison-house] Heb. house of restraint. 1 Kings 22:27. Jeremiah 37:4. vers. 22.