Big Idea: The healing of the physical eyesight is an object lesson that teaches about the requirement of greater spiritual vision for us all. Isaiah 35:5 Isaiah 42:6-7 Psalm 146:8 Matthew 11:20-22 Why did Jesus perform this miracle in two stages? Explanation 1: Christ was accomodating to the slowness of the man's faith. Explanation 2: There was a confining of the Lord. Explanation 3: The spiritual blindness of the disciples