“ And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. ”
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 20:29-34 .
A Blind Man Healed ( Mark 10:46-52 *, Matthew 20:29-34 *). There is one man as in Mk., but the name (Bartimæ us) is not given. Unlike Mk. and Mt., Lk. says the incident occurred as Jesus was ent...
he asked . he kept asking (Imperative mood) He knew not; but the other two heard and knew.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant - a most graphic and natural touch; the sound being all he had to tell him...
The Unjust Judge. The Pharisee and the Publican. The Rich Ruler 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Chris...
Hearing the multitude pass by. — Better, a multitude, the Greek having no article, and its absence better expressing the vague impression left on the blind man by the sound of many footsteps and...
the Reward of Faith Luke 18:31-43 Our Lord knew what was awaiting Him. He laid down His life “of Himself.” But all the significance of His life and death was concealed from the Apostles and oth...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need...
(35) And it came to pass, that, as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: (36) And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant? (37) And they told h...
And hearing the multitude pass by ,.... Their "voice", as the Syriac version expresses it; the noise of their feet, and especially of their tongues; he asked what it meant ? what was the meaning o...
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. Ver. 36. See Matthew 20:29 ; Mark 10:46 .
A certain blind man , &c. Of the miracle here recorded, see on Matthew 20:29-34 ; Mark 10:46-52 .
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believ...
Sight Restored to the Blind. 35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side...
Ver. 36-43. See Poole on " Matthew 20:30 " , and following verses to Matthew 20:34 , See Poole on " Mark 10:46 " , and following verses to Mark 10:52 , where this whole history is more fully...
The Blind Man's Eyes Are Opened And He Presses Into The Kingly Rule of God (18:35-43). It can be no accident that this incident follows the depicting of the disciples as ‘blind' to the truth about...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 18:35 . As he drew nigh to Jericho .—St. Matthew speaks of two blind men cured as Jesus departed from Jericho ( Luke 20:29 ff .); St. Mark of one blind man named Bart...
Luke 18:31-36 I. The announcement by Christ of His approaching sacrifice was the announcement of the solution to the enigma which all the ages of mankind had been endeavouring to solve how to obta...
Luke 18:31-34 . Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall he accomplished....
Luke 18:1 . Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord a...
A certain blind man sat by the wayside The blind man’s pertinacity and cure This teaches us-- I. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMMEDIATE SEIZING OF OPPORTUNITIES. II. THE IMPORTANCE OF PERTINACIT...
EXPOSITION Luke 18:1-42 The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer — the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican. Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end,...
The Blind Man of Jericho. The passing of Jesus of Nazareth:
Luke 15:26 ; Matthew 21:10 ; Matthew 21:11