Mark 10:46-52

A Blind Man Healed at Jericho

46 And they came to Jericho. And [as] 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] 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}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

49 And Jesus stopped [and] said, "Call him." And they called the blind man [and] said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

50 And he threw off his cloak, jumped up, [and] came to Jesus.

51 And Jesus answered him [and] said, "What do you want {me to do} for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabboni, 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 him on the road.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was setting out")
• [b] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [c] Literally "by much more"
• [d] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("stopped") has been translated as a finite verb
• [e] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("called") has been translated as a finite verb
• [f] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the two previous participles ("threw off" and "jumped up") have been translated as finite verbs
• [g] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [h] Literally "that I do"
• [i] The Aramaic term is an elevated form of Rabbi
• [j] The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to follow")