Mark 10:46
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ὁδός
road.
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ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
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υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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ὄχλος
a crowd
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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ἔρχομαι
they come
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ἔρχομαι
To come, to go, to arrive. Erchomai. Come Lord Jesus. The final prayer of Scripture is an invitation. The church lives in expectation of His return.
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παρά
beside
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παρά
From, beside, by the side of. Apart from Me you can do nothing. Total dependence on Jesus is not weakness. It is the only path to fruitfulness.
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κάθημαι
was sitting
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κάθημαι
and (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
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ἱκανός
large —
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ἱκανός
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
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τυφλός
blind
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τυφλός
opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
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ἐκπορεύομαι
when was going out
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ἐκπορεύομαι
to depart, be discharged, proceed, project
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Τιμαῖος
of Timaeus
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Τιμαῖος
Timæus (i.e. Timay), an Israelite
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Ἱεριχώ
Jericho —
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Ἱεριχώ
Jericho, a place in Palestine
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