35 Then it
happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the
road begging. 36 And hearing a multitude passing
by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they
told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he
cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 Then
those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all
the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 So Jesus
stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near,
He asked him, 41 saying, “What
do you want Me to do for you?” He said,
“Lord, that I may receive my sight.” 42 Then
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has
made you well.” 43 And
immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all
the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Commentary
Vs. 35-38 35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. 36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
The Lord Jesus and the disciples are now moving towards Jerusalem. And so, as they were coming near Jericho there was a certain blind beggar sitting at the side of the road. This man then hearing the commotion of the multitude passing by asked them what this all meant (vs. 35-36). Now when they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (vs. 37-38). And so though the man was physically blind his “spiritual eyes” were fully opened to whom Jesus was, for in calling Jesus the Son of David, (and asking Jesus to have mercy on him), he was in effect calling Jesus the Promised Messiah!
Vs. 39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
However, when the multitude heard the man loudly crying out to Jesus, they warned him that he should be quiet. However, the man would not keep silent, but rather he cried out all the more, saying, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Vs. 40-41 40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”
And so, Jesus now stands still, stopping the throng of people that was surrounding and following Him, and He now commands that the beggar be brought to Him. And so, it is now the least (in eyes of men) that is being brought before the Greatest of Men. Now when the beggar had come near to Jesus, Jesus did not rebuke him as the crowds had done, nor did he require homage from him, as all the kings and rulers and aristocrats of this world do, rather He simply asked him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And with that the blind beggars said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” Now in the blind man’s humble request there is a true faith, for here standing in the Presence of the Son of David, as he previously called out to Jesus, the blind man now fully addresses Jesus as Lord!
Vs. 42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”
And so, upon hearing the blinds man’s request for his sight, Jesus now says to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” And so just as the Lord Jesus saved the sinful woman (Luke 7:40-50), then healed the woman with the flow of blood (Luke 8:41-48), so here to here with the blind beggar the critical link is that their faith made them well! Thus, in healing this man, Jesus not only revealed (or again affirmed) who the He was, but He also by His very Word, again reveals to us all the way of salvation, which is not by works, but only by faith in His Person (Rom. 4:4-5; Eph. 2:8-9).
Vs. 43 “And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.”
And so, with Jesus Word the once blind man immediately received his sight! And having received it he followed Jesus, which for us all is a que to do the same, when we have our own eyes opened and we receive our Spiritual sight, that is we see Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Son of Man, Savior, Lord, and Gods Eternal King. Now when all the people saw how Jesus healed the once blind man, they gave praise to God! For the works of Christ always bring praise to God, and that is how you will now them.
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Commentary
Vs. 35-38 35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. 36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
The Lord Jesus and the disciples are now moving towards Jerusalem. And so, as they were coming near Jericho there was a certain blind beggar sitting at the side of the road. This man then hearing the commotion of the multitude passing by asked them what this all meant (vs. 35-36). Now when they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (vs. 37-38). And so though the man was physically blind his “spiritual eyes” were fully opened to whom Jesus was, for in calling Jesus the Son of David, (and asking Jesus to have mercy on him), he was in effect calling Jesus the Promised Messiah!
Vs. 39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
However, when the multitude heard the man loudly crying out to Jesus, they warned him that he should be quiet. However, the man would not keep silent, but rather he cried out all the more, saying, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Vs. 40-41 40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”
And so, Jesus now stands still, stopping the throng of people that was surrounding and following Him, and He now commands that the beggar be brought to Him. And so, it is now the least (in eyes of men) that is being brought before the Greatest of Men. Now when the beggar had come near to Jesus, Jesus did not rebuke him as the crowds had done, nor did he require homage from him, as all the kings and rulers and aristocrats of this world do, rather He simply asked him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And with that the blind beggars said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” Now in the blind man’s humble request there is a true faith, for here standing in the Presence of the Son of David, as he previously called out to Jesus, the blind man now fully addresses Jesus as Lord!
Vs. 42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”
And so, upon hearing the blinds man’s request for his sight, Jesus now says to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” And so just as the Lord Jesus saved the sinful woman (Luke 7:40-50), then healed the woman with the flow of blood (Luke 8:41-48), so here to here with the blind beggar the critical link is that their faith made them well! Thus, in healing this man, Jesus not only revealed (or again affirmed) who the He was, but He also by His very Word, again reveals to us all the way of salvation, which is not by works, but only by faith in His Person (Rom. 4:4-5; Eph. 2:8-9).
Vs. 43 “And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.”
And so, with Jesus Word the once blind man immediately received his sight! And having received it he followed Jesus, which for us all is a que to do the same, when we have our own eyes opened and we receive our Spiritual sight, that is we see Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Son of Man, Savior, Lord, and Gods Eternal King. Now when all the people saw how Jesus healed the once blind man, they gave praise to God! For the works of Christ always bring praise to God, and that is how you will now them.
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New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson
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