Then he said to the man,
Stretch forth your hand.
And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like the other.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
. Many, even now, have withered hands, that is, they are merciless and tightfisted. But when the word of the Gospel resounds within them, they stretch out their hands in giving. They do this even though the Pharisees, that is, the proud demons who are cut off from us, (The word "Pharisee" in Hebrew means "cut off" or "set apart") on account of their enmity for us do not want our hands to be stretched out to others in mercy and almsgiving.
