Again Jesus put his hands on the blind man’s eyes. Then the man opened his eyes wide. His eyes were healed, and he was able to see everything clearly.
2 Corinthians 3:13 - Easy To Read Version We are not like Moses. {\cf2\super [14]} He put a covering over his face. Moses covered his face so that the people of Israel (the Jews) would not see it. The glory (brightness) was disappearing, and Moses did not want them to see it end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nor [do we act] like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze upon the finish of the vanishing [splendor which had been upon it]. American Standard Version (1901) and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away: Common English Bible We aren’t like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites couldn’t watch the end of what was fading away. Catholic Public Domain Version and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void. |
Again Jesus put his hands on the blind man’s eyes. Then the man opened his eyes wide. His eyes were healed, and he was able to see everything clearly.
Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.
The old agreement {\cf2\super [10]} (the law) that brought death was written with words on stone. {\cf2\super [11]} It came with \{God’s\} glory. The face of Moses {\cf2\super [12]} was so bright with glory that the people of Israel (the Jews) could not continue looking at his face. And that glory later disappeared.
In the past, these things were like a shadow that showed what was coming. But the new things that were coming are found in Christ.