Mark 10:51

Mark

LOVE’S QUESTION

Mar 10:51. - Act 9:6.

Christ asks the first question of a petitioner, and the answer is a prayer for sight. Saul asks the second question of Jesus, and the answer is a command. Different as they are, we may bring them together. The one is the voice of love, desiring to be besought in order that it may bestow; the other is the voice of love, desiring to be commanded in order that it may obey.

Love delights in knowing, expressing, and fulfilling the beloved’s wishes.

I. The communion of Love delights on both sides in knowing the beloved’s wishes.

Christ delights in knowing ours. He encourages us to speak though He knows, because it is pleasant to Him to hear, and good for us to tell. His children delight in knowing His will.

II. It delights in expressing wishes-His commandments are the utterance of His Love:

His Providences are His loving ways of telling us what He desires of us, and if we love Him as we ought, both commandments and providences will be received by us as lovers do gifts that have ‘with my love’ written on them.

On the other hand, our love will delight in telling Him what we wish, and to speak all our hearts to Jesus will be our instinct in the measure of our love to Him.

III. It delights in fulfilling wishes-puts key of treasure-house into our hands.

He refused John and James. Be sure that He does still delight to give us our desires, and so be sure that when any of these are not granted there must be some loving reason for refusal.

Our delight should be in obedience, and only when our wills are submitted to His does He say to us, ‘What wilt thou?’ ‘If ye abide in Me and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you.’

Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture (1904–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

10:51 Bartimaeus’s request, I want to see! revealed his faith, without which he might simply have asked for alms. The reports he had heard about Jesus enabled him to cry out for the miracle of sight.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Mar 10:51 . τί σοι θέλεις , etc.: what do you want: alms or sight? ῥαββονί : more respectful than Rabbi (here and in Joh 20:16 ). ἵνα ἀναβλέψω : sight, of course, who would think of asking an alms of One who could open blind eyes!

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Verse 51. Lord, that I might, &c.] The Codex Bezae, and some copies of the Itala, have, Κυριε ῥαββει, O Lord, my teacher.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(51) Lord.—Better Rabboni, the word being the same as in Joh_20:16, and occurring in these two passages only. The word was an augmentative form of Rabbi, and as such expressed greater reverence. It takes its place as another example of St. Mark’s fondness for reproducing the very syllables that were spoken.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

51. Lord] The original word is “Rabboni” = my Master. The blind man gives Him the title of greatest reverence that he knew. The title occurs only here and in Joh_20:16, where it is used by Mary Magdalene to her risen Lord. The gradations of honour were Rab, Rabbi, Rabban, Rabboni.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

Ver. 51. What wilt thou, &c.] Christ, though he know our thoughts and suits long before (for he is intimo nostro intimior nobis), yet he will have us utter our own wants in our own words, and make our requests known unto him with thanksgiving, Php 4:6; this is as sweetest music in his ears.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Let us endeavour sedulously to imitate the good example of this blind man, who did not ask for honours, riches, or other worldly advantages, but only that he might receive his sight; that he might behold the light with the blessed angels, to which faith alone can conduct us. (Ven. Bede) --- In this worse than Cimmerian darkness, how few are found, who pray as they ought for this all-necessary light of faith!!!

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George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Vers. 51, 52. Our Lord well knew what he wanted; but it was necessary that he and those around him should hear from the lips of the blind man the confession of his need, and of his faith in the power that was present to heal him. And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. "Rabboni," or "Rabbuni," means literally, my Master. It was a more respectful mode of address than the more simple form "Rabbi." This expression shows that Bartimaeus had yet much to learn as to the Divine character of our Lord. But his faith is accepted; and he showed that it was genuine as far as it went, by forthwith following Jesus in the way. There were six occasions on which our Lord is recorded to have healed the blind: St. Matthew; (Mat_9:27 Mat_12:22 Mat_21:14) St. Mark; (Mar_8:24 10:46) St. John. (Joh_9:1) St. Chrysostom says of Bartimaeus, that as before this gift of healing he showed perseverance, so after it he shewed gratitude.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lord

Gr. "Rabboni," my Master, a term of reverent love. Cf. Joh 20:16.

The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

answered him

"answered the blind man"

to receive my sight

"to be able to see"

Your faith has healed you

This phrase is written this way to place emphasis on the man's faith. Jesus heals the man because he believes that Jesus can heal him. This can be made explicit. AT: "I am healing you because you believed in me" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

he followed him

"he followed Jesus"

translationWords

Jesus

Rabbi

faith

cure

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

51. ἀποκριθείς. Answering the man’s action. See on Mar 9:5.

Τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω; Not here, any more than in Mar 10:36, is Christ giving carte blanche (Godet) to have anything that may be desired. The man’s persistency has shown that he has faith enough, and Jesus now lets the bystanders who would have suppressed him know that this is no common tramp begging for money, but a sufferer who believes in the Messiah’s benevolence and power. For the constr. cf. Mar 10:36; Luk 9:54; Luk 22:9. In class. Grk this constr. is more freq. with βούλομαι, which in N.T. is far less common than θέλω.

Ῥαββουνεί. See on Joh 20:16. As in Mar 9:5, Mk alone preserves the original Aramaic. Mt. and Lk. have Κύριε. See Dalman, Words, pp. 324, 327, 340.

ἵνα ἀναβλέψω. We may understand either θέλω or θέλω ποιήσῃς. Here ἀναβλέψω must mean “recover sight” and not “look up.” See on Mar 8:24. Non terrena dona, non fugitivos honores, a Domino, sed lucem quaeramus (Bede).

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

51.] Ῥαββουνί = רַבּוֹנִי, Master, or My Master, see ref. John. It was said (Drus. in Meyer) to be a more respectful form than ῥαββί.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

51. Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω;—And Jesus answering said to him, What do you wish me to do for you?3

εἶπεν, instead of λέγει, Tisch. Treg. WH. RV. א BCDL Δ 115, mss. Lat. Vet. one ms. Vulg. Memph.

Ῥαββουνί,1 ἵνα ἀναβλέψω2—Rabboni, that I may recover my sight. Rabboni is apparently a more dignified title than Rabbi.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.