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Joseph T. Farquharson wrote:
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I am surprised that it is the SIL person who states"<br>
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I would have thought it unlikely for there to be a metaphorical <br>
expression in English for an event that happens rarely or perhaps never
<br>
at all in everyday experience.<br>
<br>
In fact, as far as I am aware the King James version of the Bible uses
the expression several times for the process by which sight is
restored, e.g. "Jesus opened the eyes of the blind man"<br>
<br>
I have copied below several texts which involve the opening of eyes,
ears, and mouth.<br>
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Joseph,<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, the KJV translators committed the basic error of
translating the form instead of the meaning. If you compare a modern
English translation such as the Contemporary English Version of the
Bible you will see that instances of "open eyes" in the source
languages meaning "restore sight" are translated by expressions with
this meaning. See the CEV comparisons below. <br>
<br>
John Roberts<br>
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RESTORING SIGHT:<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=20&verse=33&version=9&context=verse">Matthew
20:33</a></strong><br>
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be <b>opened</b>.<br>
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CEV: They answered, "Lord, we want to see."<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&chapter=35&verse=5&version=9&context=verse">Isaiah
35:5</a></strong><br>
Then the eyes of the blind shall be <b>opened</b>, and the ears of the
deaf shall be unstopped.<br>
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CEV: The blind will see, and the ears of deaf will be healed.<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=10&version=9&context=verse">John
9:10</a></strong><br>
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes <b>opened</b>?<br>
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CEV: "Then how can we see?" they asked.<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=14&version=9&context=verse">John
9:14</a></strong><br>
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and <b>opened</b>
his eyes.<br>
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CEV: The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath.<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=17&version=9&context=verse">John
9:17</a></strong><br>
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he
hath <b>opened</b> thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.<br>
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CEV: they asked the man, "What do you say about this one who healed
your eyes?"<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=21&version=9&context=verse">John
9:21</a></strong><br>
But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath <b>opened</b>
his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for
himself.<br>
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CEV: But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him.<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=26&version=9&context=verse">John
9:26</a></strong><br>
Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how <b>opened</b> he
thine eyes?<br>
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CEV: .. "How did he heal your eyes?"<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=30&version=9&context=verse">John
9:30</a></strong><br>
The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing,
that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath <b>opened</b> mine
eyes.<br>
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CEV: "He healed my eyes ...<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&verse=32&version=9&context=verse">John
9:32</a></strong><br>
Since the world began was it not heard that any man <b>opened</b> the
eyes of one that was born blind.<br>
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CEV: ... that anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind.<br>
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<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=11&verse=37&version=9&context=verse">John
11:37</a></strong><br>
And some of them said, Could not this man, which <b>opened</b> the
eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?<br>
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CEV: He gives sight to the blind.<br>
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IN THE ? BELOW IT REFERS TO EXTRA VISION/DISCERNMENT/KNOWLEDGE:<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=12&chapter=6&verse=17&version=9&context=verse">2
Kings 6:17</a></strong><br>
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he
may see. And the LORD <b>opened</b> the eyes of the young man; and he
saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire
round about Elisha.<br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=12&chapter=6&verse=16&end_verse=18&version=9&context=context">2
Kings 6:16-18</a> (in Context) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=12&chapter=6&version=9&context=chapter">2
Kings 6</a> (Whole Chapter)<br>
</span><strong><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=12&chapter=6&verse=20&version=9&context=verse"><span></span>2
Kings 6:20</a></strong><br>
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha
said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD
<b>opened</b> their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the
midst of Samaria.<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=9&verse=30&version=9&context=verse">Matthew
9:30</a></strong><br>
And their eyes were <b>opened</b>; and Jesus straitly charged them,
saying, See that no man know it.<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=24&verse=31&version=9&context=verse">Luke
24:31</a></strong><br>
And their eyes were <b>opened</b>, and they knew him; and he vanished
out of their sight.<br>
<br>
<br>
BESTOWING THE POWER OF SPEECH<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=4&chapter=22&verse=28&version=9&context=verse">Numbers
22:28</a></strong><br>
And the LORD <b>opened</b> the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these
three times?<br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=4&chapter=22&verse=27&end_verse=29&version=9&context=context">Numbers
22:27-29</a> (in Context) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=4&chapter=22&version=9&context=chapter">Numbers
22</a> (Whole Chapter)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
OPEN EARS<br>
<br>
</span><strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&chapter=40&verse=6&version=9&context=verse">Psalm
40:6</a></strong><br>
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou <b>opened</b>:
burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&chapter=48&verse=8&version=9&context=verse">Isaiah
48:8</a></strong><br>
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that
thine ear was not <b>opened</b>: for I knew that thou wouldest deal
very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.<br>
<br>
The Lord GOD hath <b>opened</b> mine ear, and I was not rebellious,
neither turned away back.<br>
<br>
RESTORING HEARING:<br>
<br>
<strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=48&chapter=7&verse=35&version=9&context=verse">Mark
7:35</a></strong><br>
And straightway his ears were <b>opened</b>, and the string of his
tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.<br>
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-- <br>
Joseph T. Farquharson<br>
Doctoral Fellow<br>
Department of Linguistics<br>
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<br>
D-04103 Leipzig<br>
Germany<br>
<br>
Telephone: +49 341-3550-326<br>
E-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jtfarquharson@gmail.com">jtfarquharson@gmail.com</a><br>
E-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:farquharson@eva.mpg.de">farquharson@eva.mpg.de</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.joseph-farquharson.com">www.joseph-farquharson.com</a>
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Ph.D. candidate<br>
Department of Language, Linguistics, and Philosophy<br>
University of the West Indies<br>
Mon campus, Kingston 7<br>
Jamaica
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John R Roberts
SIL International Linguistics Consultant
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dr_john_roberts@sil.org">dr_john_roberts@sil.org</a>
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