Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:35-43
The Blind Man’s Eyes Are Opened And He Presses Into The Kingly Rule of God (18:35-43). It can be no accident that this incident follows the depicting of the disciples as ‘blind’ to the truth about Jesus. They are going forward blindly into Jerusalem, where eventually their eyes will be opened. Compare Mark 8:18 with 23 where a similar ‘blindness’ on the part of the disciples is followed by the healing of a blind man. In this passage the blind man recognises Jesus as the Son of David, and... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:1-43
Men Must Live In The Light Of The Coming Of The Son of Man In His Glory (15:1-19:28). Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the city of David where He was proclaimed ‘Saviour’ and ‘Lord Messiah’; and in Section 2 that as ‘the Son of God’ Jesus had faced His temptations as to what His Messiahship would involve and defeated the Tempter; and that in Section 3 He had proclaimed in parables the secrets of ‘the Kingly Rule of God’; and had in Section 4 taught His... read more