Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 18:39-40

"And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him," — Luke 18:39-40 (ASV)

But he cried so much the more, You son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood,

Prayer held him fast. Here is a stationary Saviour, held in his place by the cries of a blind man. Oh, the power of prayer! It stays the onward march of the Son of God: Jesus stood,

But he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood,

I can see him stop. He had been walking on before, and talking as we went; but prayer can cause the Savior to be spellbound.

Here Jesus stood,