And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
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Interpretation
This poor blind man sat by the wayside, begging. He was not only blind, but poor, the fitter emblem of the world of mankind which Christ came to heal and save.
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This thought runs through Luke 18:35-39.
Glossary
- David Person
- Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .