BASTIMAEUS
THE BLIND
46And they came
to Jericho.
And as he was
leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind
beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47And when he heard
that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
48And many
rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
49And Jesus
stopped and said, “Call him.”
And they called
the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” 50And
throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.
51And Jesus said
to him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
And the blind
man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.”
52And Jesus said
to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.”
And immediately
he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
MARK
10:46-52
COMMENTARY
In the last days
of our Lord Jesus Christ on Earth, He went back slowly towards his last entry
into Jerusalem.
Coming from the
east side of the Jordan, He went up shore the Dead Sea and entered for the last
time into Jericho. After preaching there, and while He was leaving with a great
multitude, a blind man, called Bartimaeus (Son of Timaeus in Aramaic), started calling
Him for healing, as soon as he heard Jesus was nearby.
As it happens
today, most healthy people dismissed the blind man’s shout, and tried to stop
him from causing disturbance. They were concentrated in their own lives, and
they did not care in the majority, for the misery of a blind beggar.
But the Son of
Timaeus did not give up, but instead he shouted even louder.
When Jesus
finally called him, suddenly the selfish crowd encouraged him to come forward,
since now, the Teacher Himself had decided to listen to the beggar. Suddenly,
Bartimaeus became a celebrity.
As soon as he
asked Jesus to heal him, our Lord healed him immediately without any effort or
physical sign, because as He Himself said it, it was Bartimaeus’ s faith which
deserved such great blessing.
Bartimaeus
recovered immediately his eye sight, and confirmed in his faith, started to
follow Lord Jesus to his final destiny as a human.
Omar Flores.
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