And, &c. Verses 1-10 are peculiar to Luke. entered, &c.. having entered. was passing through. After the healing of the blind man. Compare "come nigh" (Luke 18:35).
Jericho. Now Eriha. In mediaeval times Riha. The city of palm trees (Deuteronomy 34:3.Judges 1:16; Judges 1:16), about eighteen miles from Jerusalem, and six miles from the Jordan. Compare Joshua 6:26 with 1 Kings 16:34. It after-ward became. great and wealthy city with some 100,000 inhabitants (compare Josephus, Bell. Jud. iv. 8. Ecclus 24:14).