In His Presence

Mark 10

Verses 46-48

Jesus is still heading towards Jerusalem and He is accompanied by the disciples and a great multitude. He has gone through Jericho and is walking on.

“Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.” (Bar means son of. In this instance Bartimeaus is the son of Timaeus)

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Bartimaeus may be blind but he is attentive to the world around him. He knows about Jesus. Even better than other people. He knows Jesus of Nazareth is passing by from the multitude presumably. He also knows Jesus is the Son of David. He knows this is the promised one from God. He also calls out for the Son of David to have mercy on him.

“Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Many in the multitude warned him to be quiet. But he would not. He cried out all the more. The blind man had insight and he would not be silenced by those who had eyes to see. Nothing was going to keep him down. Not even those with sight who were trying to silence the blind man who wanted to come to Jesus. As believers were have been given sight to know Jesus. We should not use our sight given to us by God to keep the blind away.