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And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.  Mark 10:51

 

Quotes & Notes on:     Mark 10:51      Parallel translations of Mark 10:51 from GreekNewTestament.com   John Wesley's Notes: (No comment on this verse).   Reginald Fuller's Preaching the Lectionary:   (No comment on this verse).   Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., Interpreter's Commentary:  (No comment on this verse).   Donald Guthrie, The New Bible Commentary (Revised 1970):  At first the question put by Jesus sounds superfluous to a blind man;  but it probably had the twofold purpose of making him define his need, and also of demonstrating to the crowd that this time he was not merely begging for money.  The same question had been put previously to James and John (verse 36), but had received a very different response.   David Guzik, Study Guide for Mark: Why did Jesus ask this question? Wasn’t it obvious? Yet, there was real power in both the asking, and in the answer of Jesus. God may ask us the same question, and we should be able to articulate an answer that glorifies Him.   Catechism of the Catholic Church: Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 3, Paragraph 3, SubSection 3, Heading 5 548 The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him. 269 To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask. 270 So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father's works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God. 271   D.D. Whedon, Commentary on the Gospels:   (No comment on this verse).   Herbert Locker, All the Miracles of the Bible:  Our Lord's question is somewhat intriguing.  As the omniscient One, He knew what they needed.  Did not these sightless eyes provide sufficient casue for the cry of the blind?  Jesus often asked questions of those desiring healing.  He likes the needy to express their need and faith in words.  For some of His questions, see Matthew 9:28; John 5:6;  21:15 [where]  Jesus wanted the blind men to say what they wanted that in the fuller exercise of faith they might be prepared to receive the desired blessing.  Trench says that the Lord's question was in part "an expression of His readiness to aid, a comment in act upon His own words, spoken but a little while before, "The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister" (Matthew 20:28);  it was in part intended to evoke into livelier exercise the faith of the petioners (Matthew 9:28).   The Fourfold Gospel:  Bartimaeus had cried for mercy without specifying what mercy, and he had asked this mercy of Christ as the Messiah. The Lord therefore in his royal majesty asked Bartimaeus to name the mercy, thus suggesting to him the fullness of the treasury of power and grace, to which he came. He was not to blame for this.   Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: * What. Mr 10:36; 2Ch 1:7; Mt 6:8; 7:7; Lu 18:41-43; Php 4:6   Robertson's Word Pictures: That I should do (poiêsô). Neat Greek idiom with aorist subjunctive without hina after theleis. For this asyndeton (or parataxis) see Robertson, Grammar, p. 430. Rabboni (Rabbounei). The Aramaic word translated Lord (Kurie) in Mt 20:33 and Lu 18:41. This very form occurs again in Joh 20:16. That I may receive my sight (hina anablepsô). To recover sight (ana-), see again. Apparently he had once been able to see. Here hina is used though thelô is not (cf. Mr 10:35). The Messiah was expected to give sight to the blind (Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18; 7:22).   William Burkitt's Notes: (No comment on this verse).   Family Bible Notes: (No comment on this verse).   1599 Geneva Bible Notes: (No comment on this verse).   People's New Testament Commentary: (No comment on this verse).   Albert Barnes' Commentary:  (No comment on this verse).   Jamieson-Faussett Brown:   (No comment on this verse).   Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:  (No comment on this verse).   Adam Clarke's Commentary:  The Codex Bezae, and some copies of the Itala, have, , O Lord, my teacher.   Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:  (No comment on this verse).

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