Mark 10:46-52
New English Translation
Healing Blind Bartimaeus
46 They came to Jericho. As Jesus[a] and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,[b] “Jesus, Son of David,[c] have mercy[d] on me!” 48 Many scolded[e] him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So[f] they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.” 50 He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus. 51 Then[g] Jesus said to him,[h] “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied, “Rabbi,[i] let me see again.”[j] 52 Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained[k] his sight and followed him on the road.
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- Mark 10:46 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Mark 10:47 tn Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.
- Mark 10:47 sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).
- Mark 10:47 sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.
- Mark 10:48 tn Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar.
- Mark 10:49 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
- Mark 10:51 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
- Mark 10:51 tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to him.” The participle ἀποκριθείς is redundant and has not been translated.
- Mark 10:51 tn Or “Master”; Grk ῥαββουνί (rabbouni).
- Mark 10:51 tn Grk “that I may see [again].” The phrase can be rendered as an imperative of request, “Please, give me sight.” Since the man is not noted as having been blind from birth (as the man in John 9 was) it is likely the request is to receive back the sight he once had.
- Mark 10:52 tn Or “received” (see the note on the phrase “let me see again” in v. 51).
Mark 10:46-52
Lexham English Bible
A Blind Man Healed at Jericho
46 And they came to Jericho. And as[a] he was setting out from Jericho along with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road. 47 And when he[b] heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 And many people warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out even more loudly,[c] “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And Jesus stopped and[d] said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man and[e] said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.” 50 And he threw off his cloak, jumped up, and[f] came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered him and[g] said, “What do you want me to do[h] for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabboni,[i] that I may regain my sight.” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” And immediately he regained his sight and began to follow[j] him on the road.
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- Mark 10:46 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was setting out”)
- Mark 10:47 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 10:48 Literally “by much more”
- Mark 10:49 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stopped”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 10:49 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 10:50 Here “and” is supplied because the two previous participles (“threw off” and “jumped up”) have been translated as finite verbs
- Mark 10:51 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 10:51 Literally “that I do”
- Mark 10:51 The Aramaic term is an elevated form of Rabbi
- Mark 10:52 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to follow”)
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