The Healing of Bartimaeus
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We continue our Series Journey to The Cross.
Looking at some significant events on the journey of Jesus leading to the cross.
Our focus has been on the Gospel of Mark, yet where appropriate we have included details from the other three Gospels.
For this lesson I found myself considering the words of Nathan when he first met Jesus
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
And then meeting Jesus, Jesus says to Nathan — John 1:50
Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
Our passage is one of those greater things…
Today we find Jesus and the disciples have traveled to Jericho and are leaving the city.
Chair Bible pg. 677
46 Then they came to Jericho. And later, as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a beggar who was blind named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they called the man who was blind, saying to him, “Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.”
50 And throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.
51 And replying to him, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the man who was blind said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!”
52 And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.
Are you ready for the message God has for us?
Cool let’s dig in!
Context of our Passage
Context of our Passage
We actually are in the same over all context of last week.
Last week after asking the disciples who they thought He was — John the Baptist, Elijah, son of the prophets…
Peter in a moment of clarity declares Jesus to be the the Christ.
This is all recorded in Mark 8.
As the chapter closes Jesus declares his death, burial, and resurrection and speaks about the cost of entering the Kingdom of God.
Then chapter 9 opens with the transfiguration as Jesus yet again to Peter, James, and John reveals himself and the Father declares from heaven that he is His Son. The command to hear Him!
Yet again Jesus teaches about his death notice - 9:31-32
So some of what Peter is relating to us is how much Jesus was revealing to them and how they failed to understand, and at times were afraid to ask.
10:13-16 they wanted to keep children away but Jesus gets angry with them asks that the children be allowed to come to Him.
Verses 17-31 is the account of the rich young ruler who could not give up everything for the kingdom and left Jesus grieving.
Peter then flashes to a time when the disciples were on their way to Jerusalem and Jesus yet again teaches them about his suffering and death.
This is where the sons of thunder James and John ask to be seated on the right and left of Jesus.
In the course of the discussion Jesus ends with saying this — Mark 10:45
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Now we are ready to consider what Mark wrote next.
On the way to Jericho
On the way to Jericho
We note that Jesus is making His way to Jerusalem, we will talk about that next week.
So this is an event that happens on that journey.
As they we were making their way somewhere in the time of coming into Jericho they are met by beggars who are forced to live outside the city.
Three accounts of this event vary just slightly.
Matthew notes there were two beggars that Jesus healed of blindness, and that Jesus did this by touching their eyes.
Mark and Luke mention only one, and only Mark gives us his name.
Why does Mark write — “Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus?”
Perhaps one or both where known to the direct audience of Mark’s Gospel.
Just think how that might look — develop
Develop medically what that miracle involves.
Son of David
Son of David
Titles or nicknames are a way of showing how you know someone.
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There are three titles used for Jesus
Son of God — This is the one by which Jesus is almost universally known we saw the father declare — Mark 9:7
7 Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: “This is My beloved Son; listen to Him!”
The Son of Man — this is Jesus claim to humanity.
Used 82 times in the New Testament
81 in the Gospels
Jesus used in our context Mark 10:45
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Then in our passage is the third — Son of David
This is the title that connects Jesus with His Jewish lineage
This is also what Bartimaeus believed about Jesus
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
He knew about the lineage of Jesus and believed that Jesus was fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah
1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
5 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land.
24 “And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances, and keep My statutes and follow them.
5 Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.
And a whole host of others!
What makes the use of the title so important is Son of David is the most common expectation about the Messiah.
Jesus declares this Rabbinical teaching in Mark 12:35
35 And Jesus responded and began saying, as He taught in the temple area, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Matthew and Luke go into more detail to show Jesus as Messiah, Son of David in their birth narratives — The Genealogies Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38.
Paul also discusses it in Romans 1:3
3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,
I wonder what the disciples thought?
Conclusion
There is something else I gleaned from this passage.
Many of the people Jesus healed came from the marginalized of society.
The blind, the deaf, the dumb, lepers, woman with the blood issue, crippled, they were people relegated to the outskirts of society. Out side of community!
The effect of the cures is much more than the physical healing.
Jesus gave these people a renewed sense of community and reconciled them back into Israel the people of God.
He was restoring people and granting them entrance into the kingdom of God, with their life completely changed through their faith in Jesus, Messiah, Son of David, The Son of God!
Jesus was through the healing, helping the Jews and His disciples understand that — Mark 10:45
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
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