{Touched their eyes} (h(8870)sato t(936e) ommat(936e)). A synonym for
ophthalm(936e) in  Mr 8:23  and here alone in the N.T. In the LXX
and a common poetic word (Euripides) and occurs in the papyri. In
modern Greek matia mou (abbreviation) means "light of my eye,"
"my darling." The verb haptomai is very common in the Synoptic
Gospels. The touch of Christ's hand would sooth the eyes as they
were healed.