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Jesus stopped for a man that many people wouldn’t have given the time of day. In a society where physical ailments were believed to have been a punishment for sin, blind Bartimaeus was on nobody’s Christmas list. Yet God Immanuel stopped and waited for the blind man to make his way to Him.
The blind beggar is very clear what he wants: to regain his sight! But why does Jesus ask the obvious? I can think of two reasons: (1) to energize faith and cause it to be vocalized, or (2) to help the person himself determine what he wanted from Jesus.
Dec 17, 2006 · Son of Man, A Servant. Set on going to Jerusalem, Jesus could not be stopped or turned aside—until He heard Bartimaeus, a blind man, calling for Him. Continuing his exposition of the gospel of Mark, R.C. Sproul considers how this humble man exhibited true servanthood and devotion to the Savior.
As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means ‘son of Timaeus’), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on.
Oct 20, 2024 · The man happened to be a blind beggar, the son of a man named Timaeus. Bartimaeus probably did not know that the celebrity was, as Hebrews tells us, the great high priest according to the order of Melchizedek, appointed by God to take away the sins of the world.
Nov 5, 2023 · Do what Bartimaeus did here; cry out in repentance and faith and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” He had nothing to offer Jesus. He’s a blind beggar. And when you come to Jesus like that—placing your faith in Christ alone—He will save you, He will immediately save you.
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The New Testament describes the blind beggar Bartimeus sitting by the roadside and begging (Mark 10:46) and a lame beggar soliciting alms at the entrance to the Temple (Acts 3:2).
