46And 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.
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And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. …
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 46-52)This passage of story agrees with that, Matt. 20:29 Only that there were told of two blind men; here, and Luke 18:35; only of one : but if there were two , there was one . This one is named here, being a blind beggar that was much talked of; he was called Bartimeus , that is, the son of Timeus ; which, some think, signifies the son of a blind man ; he was the blind son of a blind father, which mad…
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