Luke 18:35 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 18:35

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

KJV

And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

In the blind man we have a type of the Gentile people, who have received by the Sacrament of our Lord the brightness of the light which they had lost. And it matters not whether the cure is conveyed in the case of one or two blind men, inasmuch as deriving their origin from Ham and Japhet, the sons of Noah, in the two blind men they put forward two authors of their race.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho,.... Which lay in his way to Jerusalem; a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: this was not blind Bartimaeus, nor his companion, for they were cured by Christ as he went out of Jericho; but this man before he came to it; for we afterwards read of his entrance into, and passing through Jericho, Luk 19:1 though much the same things are related in this account, as in that of the other two blind men; See Gill on Mat 20:30.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It seems, he was not only blind, but poor, had nothing to subsist on, nor any relations to maintain him; the fitter emblem of the world of mankind which Christ came to heal and save; they are therefore wretched and miserable, for they are both poor and blind, Rev. iii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A certain blind man - Bartimeus. See this transaction explained at large, on Mat 20:29-34 (note), and Mar 10:46 (note), etc.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The miracle described in these verses is rich in instruction. It was one of the great works which witnessed that Christ was sent by the Father. (John 5:36.) But this is not all. It contains also some lively patterns of spiritual things which deserve attentive study. We see, for one thing, in this passage — the importance of diligence in the use of means. We are told of "a certain blind man who sat by the wayside begging." He sought the place where his pitiful condition was most likely to attract notice.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγένετο	Egeneto	It came to pass	G1096 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἐγγίζειν	engizein	drawing near	G1448 →
αὐτὸν	auton	by Him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰεριχὼ	Ierichō	Jericho	G2410 →
τυφλός	tuphlos	a blind [man]	G5185 →
τις	tis	certain	G5100 →
ἐκάθητο	ekathēto	was sitting	G2521 →
παρὰ	para	beside	G3844 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὁδὸν	hodon	road	G3598 →
ἐπαιτῶν.	epaitōn	begging.	G1871 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
leads to
- Psalms 113:7–8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Daniel 2:48
  Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- James 2:5
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Daniel 6:3
  Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
- Ecclesiastes 4:14
  For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
Through
John 9:8
At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:8
  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
- Mark 10:46
  Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
- Luke 16:20–22
  And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

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The Return of the Prodigal Son — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

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About Luke