Exodus 10:21-11:8
2 Corinthians 4:13-18
March 27, 2010
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. - Mark 10:42-52
Jesus heals a blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus. This is a transition from Jesus’ general ministry to His ministry in Jerusalem. The blind man persistently cried out for the “Son of David” to have mercy on him He raises such a fuss that Jesus’ attention was called to him. Jesus asks Bartimaeus what he wants and the answer was “sight.” Jesus attributed the healing to the beggar’s faith evidenced in his persistent cries for help and in his faith in Jesus to help him. Thought Jesus told him to go his way, he followed Jesus as he went toward Jerusalem.
Bartimaeus was blind and therefore was forced to beg. We do not know whether he was born blind or whether he was blinded by an accident or a disease. He was the kind or a blind man who had spiritual sight. He could see what few others say, that Jesus was the Messiah who could heal him even if it required a miracle. Many of us have good physical vision but we are spiritually blind just as the scribes and Pharisees were blind. If one has to be blind physically blindness is to be preferred.
Here we have two sons; the son of Timaeus and the son of David. The one is plainly human – helpless and handicapped. The other is the Messiah, the son of David, who is human but also divine. One son cries to another Son. Through the divine Son both can be sons of the Father.
Almighty God, we pray, show Your humble servants Your mercy that we, who out no trust in our own merits, may be dealt with not according to the severity of Your judgment but according to Your mercy; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever.
Lectionary Preaching Workbook Series B John Brokhoff © 1981 CSS Publishing, Lima, OH
Collect for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Lutheran Book of Worship © 1980 Concordia Publishing House St. Louis
2 Corinthians 4:13-18
March 27, 2010
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. - Mark 10:42-52
Jesus heals a blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus. This is a transition from Jesus’ general ministry to His ministry in Jerusalem. The blind man persistently cried out for the “Son of David” to have mercy on him He raises such a fuss that Jesus’ attention was called to him. Jesus asks Bartimaeus what he wants and the answer was “sight.” Jesus attributed the healing to the beggar’s faith evidenced in his persistent cries for help and in his faith in Jesus to help him. Thought Jesus told him to go his way, he followed Jesus as he went toward Jerusalem.
Bartimaeus was blind and therefore was forced to beg. We do not know whether he was born blind or whether he was blinded by an accident or a disease. He was the kind or a blind man who had spiritual sight. He could see what few others say, that Jesus was the Messiah who could heal him even if it required a miracle. Many of us have good physical vision but we are spiritually blind just as the scribes and Pharisees were blind. If one has to be blind physically blindness is to be preferred.
Here we have two sons; the son of Timaeus and the son of David. The one is plainly human – helpless and handicapped. The other is the Messiah, the son of David, who is human but also divine. One son cries to another Son. Through the divine Son both can be sons of the Father.
Almighty God, we pray, show Your humble servants Your mercy that we, who out no trust in our own merits, may be dealt with not according to the severity of Your judgment but according to Your mercy; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever.
Lectionary Preaching Workbook Series B John Brokhoff © 1981 CSS Publishing, Lima, OH
Collect for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Lutheran Book of Worship © 1980 Concordia Publishing House St. Louis
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