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Bartimaeus

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Bartimaeus
Jesus healing blind Bartimaeus, by Johann Heinrich Stöver, 1861

Bartimaeus was a man in the Bible who was blind for much of his life. According to the Gospel of Mark, Bartimaeus called out to Jesus Christ to be healed, and Jesus gave him sight.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Barrie Wetherill, "Jesus cures blind Bartimaeus," from The Life of Jesus Christ, found at EasyEnglish Bible study. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  2. ^ Vernon K. Robbins, "The Reversed Contextualization of Psalm 22 in the Markan Crucifixion: A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis" [1] Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (1992)