Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 10:51

"And Jesus answered him, and said, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight." — Mark 10:51 (ASV)

The blind man said unto him,

And here he might well have shamed John and James. He asked for no thrones or kingdoms.

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.

His request was plainly put, but it was most respectfully and even adoringly addressed to Christ.

Lord, that I might receive my sight.

"Lord, that I might look up." That was the word he used exactly; for no doubt he had been conscious that the light came from the sun as he felt its warmth upon him as he sat by the wayside; and, therefore, he thought that seeing must be looking up towards the place from where the sunlight came. "Lord, that I might look up."