ἀναβλέπω

Matthew 11:5 ἀναβλέπουσιν, receive sight,

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Here: "Are seeing again" or "are gaining sight." The verb is in the present tense: this is going on now, as John's messengers stand there. Matthew has already told such a story (9:27–31).

Matthew 14:19 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Here: 'Having looked up'. Looking upward was a gesture of prayer that turned toward God as the source (compare Ps 123:1; John 11:41; 17:1). It shows plainly whom the blessing is addressed to.

Matthew 20:34 ἀνέβλεψαν they received sight

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

Here: Here it means 'they regained sight' or 'they could see'. The past tense presents it as a single completed event. Read alongside v. 33 ('let our eyes be opened'), it is the exact answer to their request.

Mark 6:41 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

Here: 'Having looked up.' Lifting the eyes was a recognised posture of prayer, the eyes turned toward God's dwelling. Mark uses it again before the healing in 7:34.

Mark 7:34 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

Here: 'Having looked up.' The form shows the look comes before the groan and the command. It is the posture of prayer: Mark uses the same phrase in 6:41, where Jesus looks up to heaven before blessing the loaves.

Mark 8:24 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Mark 10:51 ἀναβλέψω. I may receive sight.

“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”

Here: In healing stories it means getting sight, often *back* (ana- can mean 'again'). Its root meaning, 'look up', is also in play. The verb is in a form that points to a single event: that I may see, in one act. Verse 52 picks up the same verb: 'immediately he saw again'.

Mark 10:52 ἀνέβλεψεν he received sight

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Here: He gained his sight. The verb repeats his own request from 10:51 (“that I may see again”), so he receives exactly what he asked for. The tense presents it as a single, complete event.

Mark 16:4 ἀναβλέψασαι having looked up

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

Luke 7:22 ἀναβλέπουσιν, receive sight,

So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Here: Literally 'look up' or 'see again', meaning their sight is restored. The present tense means it is happening now, not promised for later.

Luke 9:16 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

Here: 'Having looked up.' A normal posture of prayer that directs attention to God. The same verb elsewhere means 'to see again' when the blind are healed (Luke 7:22; 18:41–43), but here it simply means looking upward.

Luke 18:41 ἀναβλέψω. I may receive sight.

“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

Luke 18:42 ἀνάβλεψον· do receive sight:

“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

Here: A one-word command that echoes the man's own request ('that I may see again', v.41). It is a creative word, like 'Let there be light'. It does not tell the man to make an effort. Saying it brings about what it says.

Luke 18:43 ἀνέβλεψεν he received sight

Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Here: "He saw again": the same verb as the man's request in v. 41 and Jesus' command in v. 42, now reported as done. The repetition shows that the word is fulfilled exactly.

Luke 19:5 ἀναβλέψας having looked up

When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

Here: Jesus looks upward into the branches. The man who climbed up to see Jesus (v.3–4) is the one who gets seen. Luke has just used the same verb for the blind man near Jericho who "received his sight" (18:41–43).

Luke 21:1 Ἀναβλέψας Having looked up

Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

Here: 'Having looked up.' Here it means lifting the eyes, not getting sight back. Jesus has been teaching in the temple (20:1, 45). Now he turns his attention to what is going on around him, and that shift sets up the scene.

John 9:11 ἀνέβλεψα. I received sight.

He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

Here: The only main verb in this sentence and its climax: “I could see.” Usually the word means “see again,” but here it is said by a man who was born blind, so it means gaining sight for the first time.

John 9:15 ἀνέβλεψεν. he had received sight.

So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

Here: 'He came to see.' The verb can mean 'see again', but this man was born blind (9:1), so here it means gaining sight he never had. The aorist tense presents it as a single event.

John 9:18 ἀνέβλεψεν ἀναβλέψαντος, received sight, having received sight,

The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

Here: The ordinary Greek word for a blind person beginning to see. Here it means 'gained sight', even though the man had never seen before.

Acts 9:12 ἀναβλέψῃ.¶ he may see again.

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

Acts 9:17 ἀναβλέψῃς you may see again

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Here: 'Regain your sight.' The verb can also mean 'look up', but here, after three days of blindness, it means seeing again. Verse 18 uses the same verb for the result.

Acts 9:18 ἀνέβλεψέν he regained his sight

At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

Acts 22:13 ἀνάβλεψον. ἀνέβλεψα do receive sight., looked up

came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

Here: A command for a single, decisive act: "See again!" or "Look up!" For a blind man the main sense is getting his sight back, but the verb also means to lift your eyes.