35\u00a0<\/sup>As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.<\/span>36\u00a0<\/sup>When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.<\/span> 37\u00a0<\/sup>They told him, \u201cJesus of Nazareth is passing by.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 38\u00a0<\/sup>He called out, \u201cJesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 39\u00a0<\/sup>Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, \u201cSon of David, have mercy on me!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 40\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,<\/span> 41\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLord, I want to see,\u201d he replied.<\/span><\/p>\n 42\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus said to him, \u201cReceive your sight; your faith has healed you.\u201d<\/span><\/span>43\u00a0<\/sup>Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.<\/span><\/p>\n During Jesus’ trek to Jerusalem there appears to be some deviations from Luke’s gospel. None of the gospels follow each other perfectly but in this passage it’s Luke that seems to deviate. The difference in location seems to centered around Jesus either leaving or entering Jericho. But in all cases the events seem to be in the Jericho area. <\/p>\n The details of the people being healed, however, differ greatly. In Matthew’s gospel there are two blind people. In Mark’s there is just one but a some personal detail is given, almost as if the audience would know who the person was. In Luke’s gospel it’s an unknown beggar. Some have theorized that these are differing events but it seems unlikely that such a thing would happen twice as Jesus is in route to Jerusalem. Jesus did not regularly dwell in that area and as Mark alludes, Jesus was a Nazarene native. <\/p>\n 30 Behold, two blind 31 The multitude re- 32 Jesus stood still, 33 They told him, 34 Jesus, being 47 When he 48 Many rebuked 49 Jesus stood still, 50 He, casting away 51 Jesus asked him, 52 Jesus said to him, 36 37 They 38 He cried out, “Je- 39 Those who led the 40 Standing still, Je- 41 42 Jesus said to him, 43 Immediately he re- <\/center><\/div>\n Either way, the story speaks to the great empathy Jesus has for all people. There is no one that is too small or too unimportant for Jesus. He came for the least of all that they can be brought to the banquet of the Lord. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesus restores the sight of a blind man Luke 18:35-43 35\u00a0As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.36\u00a0When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37\u00a0They told him, \u201cJesus of Nazareth is passing by.\u201d 38\u00a0He called out, \u201cJesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!\u201d 39\u00a0Those … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12227,"featured_media":14799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2280],"tags":[1900,7265,2344,7268,7266,7532,7533,7267],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nObservations & Reflections<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n
\n MATTHEW 20:29-34<\/th>\n MARK 10:46-52<\/th>\n LUKE 18:35-43<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29 As they went out
\nfrom Jericho, a great multitude fol-
\nlowed him.<\/p>\n
\nmen sitting by the road,
\nwhen they heard that Je-
\nsus was passing by, cried
\nout, “Lord, have mercy
\non us, you son of David!”<\/p>\n
\nbuked them, telling them
\nthat they should be
\nquiet, but they cried out
\neven more, “Lord, have
\nmercy on us, you son of
\nDavid!”,<\/p>\n
\nand called them,,and asked, “What do you
\nwant me to do for you?”,<\/p>\n
\n“Lord, that our eyes may
\nbe opened.”,<\/p>\n
\nmoved with compassion,
\ntouched their eyes; and
\nimmediately their eyes
\nreceived their sight, and
\nthey followed him.<\/td>\n46 They came to Jeri-
\ncho. As he went out from
\nJericho, with his disci-
\nples and a great multi-
\ntude, the son of Timaeus,
\nBartimaeus, a blind beg-
\ngar, was sitting by the
\nroad.<\/p>\n
\nheard that it was Jesus
\nthe Nazarene, he began
\nto cry out, and say, “Je-
\nsus, you son of David,
\nhave mercy on me!”<\/p>\n
\nhim, that he should be
\nquiet, but he cried out
\nmuch more, “You son of
\nDavid, have mercy on
\nme!<\/p>\n
\nand said, “Call him.”,They called the blind
\nman, saying to him,
\n“Cheer up! Get up. He is
\ncalling you!”,<\/p>\n
\nhis cloak, sprang up, and
\ncame to Jesus.,<\/p>\n
\n“What do you want me to
\ndo for you?”,The blind man said to
\nhim, “Rabboni, that I
\nmay see again.”,<\/p>\n
\n“Go your way. Your faith
\nhas made you well.” Im-
\nmediately he received his
\nsight, and followed Jesus
\nin the way.<\/td>\n35 It happened, as he
\ncame near Jericho, a cer-
\ntain blind man sat by the
\nroad, begging.<\/p>\n
\nHearing a multitude go-
\ning by, he asked what
\nthis meant.<\/p>\n
\ntold him that Jesus of
\nNazareth was passing by.<\/p>\n
\nsus, you son of David,
\nhave mercy on me!”<\/p>\n
\nway rebuked him, that
\nhe should be quiet; but
\nhe cried out all the more,
\n“You son of David, have
\nmercy on me!”,<\/p>\n
\nsus commanded him to
\nbe brought to him.,When he had come near,
\nhe asked him,<\/p>\n
\n“What do you want me to
\ndo?”,He said, “Lord, that I
\nmay see again.”,<\/p>\n
\n“Receive your sight. Your
\nfaith has healed you.”,<\/p>\n
\nceived his sight, and fol-
\nlowed him, glorifying
\nGod. All the people, when
\nthey saw it, praised God.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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