Stephen Hughes wrote:Are any of those secular authours able to be taken in a sense other than literal?
That is close to what I am looking for. Plato's use isn't a metaphor suggesting cognitive changes, "becoming able to see something because of a change of perspective." My question is about the use of (ἀνοίγω; διανοίγω) ἀνέῳξεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς for becoming able to see something from a previous state of not being able to see something. That seems to be an Old Testament idiom.
Gen. 3:5 ᾔδει γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, διανοιχθήσονται ὑμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, καὶ ἔσεσθε ὡς θεοὶ γινώσκοντες καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν.
Luke 24:31 αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν
There are some who think that Luke is alluding to Gen 3:5. I'm not convinced.
“AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW”:
AN INTER-CANONICAL NOTE ON LUKE 24:31
dane c. ortlund*
http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/ ... rtlund.pdf