Mark 10:47

When he heard people say that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he shouted, “Jesus! You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town. Afterwards, while they were leaving Jericho along with a great crowd, a blind man who habitually begged for money was sitting beside the road. His name was Bartimaeus and his father’s name was Timaeus.

48Many people rebuked him and told him that he should be quiet. But he shouted even more, “ You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!”

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:6Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us; a woman will give birth to a son, who will be our ruler. And his names will be ‘Wonderful Counselor’, ‘Mighty/Powerful God’, ‘ Our Everlasting Father’, and ‘Prince/Ruler who enables us to have Peace’.

Jeremiah 23:5Yahweh also says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

Matthew 2:23to Nazareth to live there. The result was that what had been said by the ancient prophets {what the ancient prophets had said} about the Messiah, that he would be called {people would call him} a Nazareth-man, was fulfilled {came true}.

Matthew 12:23All the crowd who saw it marveled. They began asking each other, “Could this man be the Messiah, the descendant of King David, whom we have been expecting?”

Matthew 20:30As we walked along, we saw two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled to him, “Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Take pity on us!”

Matthew 21:11The crowd that was already following him said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee!”

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:47-52

The Eyes of Bartimeus Opened. 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.… Read the whole commentary →

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