35And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
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And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. …
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. …
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, …
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-43)Christ came not only to bring light to a dark world, and so to set before us the objects we are to have in view, but also to give sight to blind souls , and by healing the organ to enable them to view those objects. As a token of this, he cured many of their bodily blindness: we have now an account of one to whom he gave sight near Jericho. Mark gives us an account of one, and names him, whom he c…
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