When John the Baptist sent his disciples to ask Jesus if He was the one who was to come, or if they should expect someone else, Jesus referred in His answer to what would happen to those who encountered Him: “The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.”

The Greek word used when Jesus says that the blind “receive their sight” can be translated in a different way: they “look up”, they “raise their eyes”. This is interesting, even a little provocative, because if someone is blind, there is no benefit in raising their eyes – or is it?