Mark 10:46 (WEB)
They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
Catechism · 1
“It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:13.
Fathers and councils · 21
Augustine of Hippo
“For those two blind men, whose story is given also by the others, are not the two before us here.” — editor's note: Mark x. 46–52; Luke xviii. 35–43.
Read the whole comment“Mark also records this incident, but mentions only one blind man.” — editor's note: Mark x. 46–52.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
The name of the city agrees with the approaching Passion of our Lord; for it is said, “And they came to Jericho.” Jericho means moon or anathema; but the failing of the flesh of Christ is the preparation of the…
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Matthew says, that there were two blind men sitting by the wayside, who cried to the Lord, and received their sight; but Luke relates that one blind man was enlightened by Him, with a like order of circumstances, as…
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It is for this reason that Mark wished to relate his case alone, because his receiving his sight had gained for the miracle a fame, illustrious in proportion to the extent of the knowledge of his affliction. But…
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The blind man calls the Lord, the Son of David, hearing the way in which the passing multitude praised Him, and feeling sure that the expectation of the prophets was fulfilled. There follows: “And many charged him…
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Could He who was able to restore sight be ignorant of what the blind man wanted? His reason then for asking is that prayer may be made to Him; He puts the question, to stir up the blind man’s heart to pray.
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Or He asks, lest men should think that what He granted the man was not what he wanted. For it was His practice to make the good disposition of those who were to be cured known to all men, and then to apply the…
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For the blind man looks down upon every gift except light, because, whatever a blind man may possess, without light he cannot see what he possesses.
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But Jesus, considering his ready will, rewards him with the fulfilment of his desire.
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Again, it is more worthy to say Rabboni, or, as it is in other places, Master, than to say Son of David; wherefore He given him health, not on his saying, Son of David, but when he said Rabboni. Wherefore there…
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The mind of the blind man is grateful, for when he was made whole, he did not leave Jesus, but followed Him.
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In a mystical sense, however, Jericho, which means the moon, points out the waning of our fleeting race. The Lord restored sight to the blind man, when drawing near to Jericho, because coming in the flesh and drawing…
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But the blindness in part, brought upon the Jews [Rom 11:25], will in the end be enlightened when He sends unto them the Prophet Elias.
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Now in that on approaching Jericho, He restored sight to one man, and on quitting it to two, He intimated, that before His Passion He preached only to one nation, the Jews, but after His Resurrection and Ascension,…
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The people of the Jews also, because it kept the Scriptures and did not fulfill them, begs and starves by the wayside; but he cries out, “Son of David, have mercy upon me,” because the Jewish people are enlightened…
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Again, the people of the Gentiles, having heard of the fame of the name of Christ, sought to be made a partaker of Him, but many spoke against Him, first the Jews, then also the Gentiles, lest the world which was to…
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Again, the Jewish people comes leaping, stripped of the old man, as a hart [red stag, male deer] leaping on the mountains, that is, laying aside sloth, it meditates on Patriarchs, Prophets, and Apostles on high, and…
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Therefore let us also imitate him, let us not seek for riches, earthly goods, or honours from the Lord, but for that Light, which we alone with the Angels can see, the way to which is faith; wherefore also Christ…
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Further, it says that he followed the Lord in the way, that is, in this life, because, after it, all are excluded who follow Him not here, by working His commandments.
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Or, this is the way of which He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” This is the narrow way, which leads to the heights of Jerusalem, and Bethany, to the mount of Olives, which is the mount of light and…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Catechism §2667.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 10:46–52 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 10:46–52 (3) (Catena Aurea).