Persist and you will get an answer.
(Mk 10: 46-52) "Then they came to Jericho, and when they left Jericho and his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus the blind man, Timaeus' son, sat by the road begging, and hearing that he was Jesus of Nazareth, He began to cry out and say: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me, and many rebuked him to be silent, but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me! Then Jesus, stopping, sent for him And they called the blind man, saying, "Be confident, get up, call you." Then, throwing off his cloak, he got up and came to Jesus, and Jesus answered him, "What do you want me to do to you?" And the blind man said to him: Let him recover his sight. "And Jesus said to him," Go, your faith has saved you. "And immediately he regained his sight, and followed Jesus on the road.
"Go, your faith has saved you ... and followed Jesus on the road"
The healing occurred in response to man's faith, demonstrated by his persistent vehemence, by his recognition of Jesus as Messiah and by his petition to the Lord.
Now Bartimaeus was seeing again. Until this moment I had not seen Jesus, this was the first time. Maybe we can ask ourselves how I expected Jesus to be. Did he think of a glorious being surrounded by holy angels? Or did he think he would be a figure dressed in royal robes and surrounded by nobles on the way to the throne? The truth is that when he could see, he realized that Jesus was simply a traveler. Were you disappointed about it? No, but he continued to recognize him as his King and continued the journey with him "glorifying God" (Lk 18:43).
Perhaps he thought that if he had been a King of that other type, as his disciples imagined him (Mark 10:42), he would not have come as close to the men who suffered like him to hear their cry and bring relief.
Bartimaeus was deeply grateful. He was not the kind of person that once they receive what they want from God, they no longer remember him. No way was he going to leave his blessed benefactor! So he joined him on the road that led him to Jerusalem.
Bartimaeus had received his sight, and with it he had gained his independence; I would never have to beg again. He was free of his illness, he also regained his social dignity, and he could even go to Jerusalem to participate in the Passover as another Jew. Undoubtedly, for him that Easter had to be very special, because he could well say that he had been freed from the slavery in which he had been found due to his state. All this confirms and illustrates the words that Jesus had said: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45).
Source of this work The biblical school following the teacher.
Reference Reina Valera 1960.
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