Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 20:32

"And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I should do unto you?" — Matthew 20:32 (ASV)

Jesus stood still, and called them—or, as in St. Mark, “bade them be called,” with the message being given especially to Bartimaeus. St. Mark gives, with graphic fullness, the very words of the message, “Be of good cheer, arise; He calleth thee,” and adds that the blind man flung off his outer cloak, or mantle, and leapt up and came to Jesus.

All three Gospels give our Lord’s question in nearly the same words. With the clear insight of sympathy, He sought to know what special grief weighed upon the man’s spirit.