Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 20:29 - 20:29

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 20:29 - 20:29


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29–34. TWO MEN CURED OF BLINDNESS

Mar 10:46-52. Luk 18:35-43

There are remarkable divergences in the Synoptic accounts of this miracle. Some indeed have supposed that different miracles are related by the Evangelists. St Mark speaks of one man, ‘blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus.’ St Luke also mentions one only, but describes the incident as taking place ‘when Jesus came nigh unto Jericho,’ whereas St Matthew and St Mark state that the miracle was wrought ‘as they departed from Jericho.’

It is of course possible that St Luke narrates a separate miracle. The only other solution is to suppose an inaccuracy in an unimportant detail.