Here is a 1,000-word essay suitable for an academic or theological audience. Among the many symbols employed in the New Testament, few are as rich and multilayered as the eye. Although the eye is a physical organ of sight, it is repeatedly used by Jesus and the New Testament writers as a metaphor for spiritual perception, moral discernment, inner character, faith, and the condition of the human...
The Allegories and Symbolism of the Eye in the New Testament
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