Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
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Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 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!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 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!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
Mark 10:
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Mk 10:46-52
Mark 10:46-52
Introduction:
Very few things in life are more discouraging than being marginalized to the wayside.
Whether the marginalization is the result of discrimination or subconscious choices, some folks are nudged or left by the wayside, the result is something of a them and us. In most cases never the twain meet.
Most generations of students have something of the “in”, “jocks”, “hit the books”, “Nerds & Geeks”, “skaters”, “smokers”, “partyers” etc. Being welcomed by one or more of those wholesome groups really helps. For me, it was a consistent home room from grades 10-12. It didn’t hurt that the summer of grade 11, I got my driver’s licence and having grown over 6” in less than year, I became fairly good at the 1/4 and 1/2 mile in tract and field.
Sometimes even churches develop grouping that unconsciously or deliberating exclude and marginalize others.
Events or groupings that seem to exclude - young couples with families, how children are educated, those who don’t come to certain services might not been seen as spiritual, church families/believers and their children sometimes see those who are not as to be needing to be kept at a distance, doctrinally groupings.
Ironically, sometimes those who are on the outside looking in, more easily understand their sin that separates them from God who is holy.
In the Scriptural account before us today, Bartimaeus, who have been marginalized to the wayside was all too aware of his need of mercy and cried out repeatedly “have mercy on me!” - that as compared to “Jesus, I pray that you are encouraged that you are encouraged that those whom I have a Bible study with don’t get to those sinners on the wayside. Some times we go out of our way not to get close enough to share the Gospel with them. “
Context -
On the road to Jerusalem - 10:32; 11:1
Up to Jerusalem - because of elevation - 2,550 feet above sea level - from all directions - up
Law - every adult male within 15 miles - 24 km of Jerusalem must attend the passover.
Amazed - at Jesus resolution to go to Jerusalem
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
“Travelling to Jerusalem to worship implied a rejection of the rituals of Mount Gerizim and a contempt for Samaritan worship.” (MacArthur Study Bible)
Those who followed afraid - Greek sentence makes it clear that this was a group other than the disciples - pilgrims on way to Jerusalem for the passover. They probably sensed the unrest and tension and were afraid.
Jesus foretold His death a 3rd time - 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34
Jesus foretold His resurrection a third time - 8:31; 9:31; 10:34
Request of James and John - - their mother -
Mother accompanied them and spoke first
Probably Jesus’ aunt to hoping to capitalize on position because of family ties.
Rather than concern of death of Jesus - can we be on either side of you - relegate Peter to 3rd place 2nd tier
No sense of what request really - you do not know what you are asking
Salvation of Zaccheus -
Luke records the healing of a blind man as they approached Jericho
Zacchaeus - seeking to see who Jesus was.
Jesus called, Zacchaeus received Him joyfully.
I must stay at your house today.
When they, the crowd saw it, they grumbled - He is gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.
Zacchaeus confession -1/2 of my good to the poor - if I have defrauded anyone restore 4 fold - obviously honest but sensed own sin.
“Today salvation has some to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.”
2. Bartimaeus - What he heard and cried -
Son of Timaeus
Blind beggar - sitting by the roadside
No one in the crowd included him - visually crippled - at the side of the road begging - perhaps thought - a crowd of religious pilgrims who among others should be more charitable - but that not usually the case - man who fell among thieves - - priest and Levite both of whom passed by on the other side of the road.
Final healing miracle - affirmed Jesus’ Messianic status - setting the stage for events in chapters 11 & 12 where Jesus divine authority was questioned by religious leaders in Jerusalem
Came to Jericho
Attached to the priesthood were 20,000 priests and as many Levites - many lived in or around Jericho
Many in the crowd that day going to Jerusalem and whether on duty at the passover
Heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
What Bartimaeus lacks in eyesight he makes up for in insight.
Nazareth - 110 km north of Jerusalem - west of south end of Sea of Galilee - long ways from Jericho
unfavorable reputation -
Jesus of Nazareth reference re first and last miracle in Mark - 1:24; 10:47
This is the Jesus of Nazareth who heals - first time to Jericho - have mercy on me.
Cried, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
Jesus, Son of David - common Messianic title used only in the synoptics
God had promised to raise up an offspring of David to establish the throne of his kingdom for ever - warrior king who will punish sinners.
from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,
Here refers to one who will have mercy on them.
Matthew’s genealogy demonstrated the Jesus Christ - Messiah - son of David, son of Abraham
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mk
Mark like Luke and John stressed that Jesus was the Son of God.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
Lk 135
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
Bartimaeus’s determined hailing of Jesus as “Son of David” carries explicit messianic overtones and shows that he looks to him as the Messiah who can bring healing and wholeness.
Many rebuked him
MANY rebuked him
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For the first time the crowd rebuked individuals from crying out to Jesus. Jesus himself had commanded some whom He healed to tell no one
Religious leaders had sown discord and doubt
The disciples themselves had turned away those bringing children
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Mk
- Cried all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!
Nothing could silence Bartimaeus!
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
But nothing can silence Bartimaeus; indeed, opposition only fans the flame of his persistence. The kingdom of heaven, it has been said, is not for the well-meaning but for the desperate. Bartimaeus is desperate, and his desperation is a doorway to faith.
Cried all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!
3. Jesus - What He said and did -
Jesus - stopped/call him
Original Greek - stood still
On these words hung the fate of Bartimaeus!
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
How remarkable that the Son of Man allows the cries of a poor and powerless person to stop him in his tracks
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
He stands for Bartimaeus as he will later stand for Stephen (Acts 7:56)
To the crowd - you rebuked him, now you you call him
Crowd - “Take heart, Get up, He is calling you.
Bartimaeus - Having thrown off his cloak, having sprang up , came to Jesus
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
Bartimaeus throws off his cloak, jumps to his feet, and comes to Jesus. “Cloak” translates the Gk. himation, the outer robe that ancients wore over an inner nightshirt-like garment called a chitōn. The crowd may silence Bartimaeus, the townsfolk may begrudge him a place to beg, but faith such as this goes not unrewarded.
Jesus - “What do you want me to do for you?”
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
This is the same question he asked of the sons of Zebedee (v. 36), but Bartimaeus responds differently; whereas the Sons of Thunder asked for extraordinary glory, Bartimaeus asks only for ordinary health. Surely Bartimaeus’s need should be obvious to Jesus. The most practical response would be for Jesus to heal him and be on his way. But for Jesus, Bartimaeus is not a problem to be dealt with. Jesus will not do something to him, but something with him. He responds to the blind man not as an “It” but as a “Thou,” to use the language of Buber, by asking him a question, thus allowing him to express himself as a person rather than apologizing for himself as a social problem or victim.
Blind man/Bartimaeus - “Rabbi, let me recover my sight/”
Rabbi - Greek - Rabbouni - practical never used in address - used in intimate conversation and prayer - used by Mary
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
In humble trust Bartimaeus asks not for wealth, power, or success, but only for sight; he asks not to be superhuman, but simply human. For the well, normalcy may seem the bare minimum, but for the ill and troubled normalcy is God’s greatest gift.
Jesus - “Go your way, your faith has made you well.”
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
In humble trust Bartimaeus asks not for wealth, power, or success, but only for sight; he asks not to be superhuman, but simply human. For the well, normalcy may seem the bare minimum, but for the ill and troubled normalcy is God’s greatest gift.
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark A Model Disciple (10:46–52)
The word for “healed” (Gk. sō̧zō) also means “saved,” combining both physical and spiritual dimensions. In Bartimaeus’s case the word is doubly appropriate, for “he received his sight” and “followed Jesus along the road.” The latter description designates the model disciple for Mark. Jesus has transformed Bartimaeus from a beggar beside the road (v. 46) to a disciple on the road (v. 52). Faith that does not lead to discipleship is not saving faith. Whoever asks of Jesus must be willing to follow Jesus … even on the uphill road to the cross.
Discipleship lessons as we leave Jericho and make our way to Jerusalem:
Those who walk with Jesus and walk as Jesus walked, hear and stop for those who call from the wayside.
Jesus calls us to call others by the wayside to come to Him.
Only those who call to Jesus, come to Jesus and by faith ask Him to recover their sight are made well.
Those who have truly - called/come to/by faith/asked Jesus to heal them - follow Him on the way.