Verse 46
Jericho. This is the second mention in N.T. Compare Matthew 20:20 , the first. Over 100,000 inhabitants (according to Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, 368-403. Works vol. i. 702).
as He went out = as He was going out.
The three c ases of healing here were : (1) as He drew near (Luke 18:35 ); (2) "as He was going out"; and (3) after He had left "two" (not beggars) who sat by the wayside. See App-152 .
of = from. Greek. apo . App-104 .
blind. The wonder is, not that there were four, but that there were only four. Blindness and eye-diseasesare very common in the East; said to be one in five.
Bartimmus . Aramaic for "son of Timnus", as explained. See App-94 .
sat = was sitting.
by = beside. Greek. para. App-104 .
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