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 18:35
‘And it came about that, as he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging,’ Having crossed the Jordan from Peraea Jesus now approached Jericho on the way to Jerusalem. A meeting with a number of blind men and other beggars there would not be unexpected. At Passover time large crowds of people would be making their way to Jerusalem across the Jordan, both from Peraea and Galilee, and many of them would take this route. It was thus a good begging point at a time when... read more