ἀνοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν, τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι, to open their eyes that they may turn. Here we have another shade of meaning of the genitival infinitive. By the opening of their eyes the Gentiles will be enabled to turn. Cf. LXX. 1 Kings 8:58, ἐπικλῖναι καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν πάσαις ὁδαῖς αὐτοῦ

ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, from darkness to light. So complete is the change which the Gospel knowledge works.

ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πίστει τῇ εἰς ἐμέ, among them which are sanctified by faith in me. It is by their belief in Jesus that men are sanctified, and here ‘sanctified,’ as so often ‘saint’ in St Paul’s Epistles, is applied to those who have been Bet on the way of salvation, and not to those who are perfect in holiness; to that they will be brought if they persevere.

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