Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 10:52

"And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And straightway he received his sight, and followed him in the way." — Mark 10:52 (ASV)

And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole.

You will find that it is often the Saviour's way to give the credit for his own work in this manner to the patient's faith. "Your faith," he says, "has made you whole."

Whereas, if we do a good thing, you and I are very anxious that nobody else should take the credit for it. We are very willing to have all the honor put upon ourselves.

But Jesus does not say, "I have made you whole"—though that was true enough—but rather, "Your faith has made you whole."

And why is it, do you think, that Christ takes the crown from his own head to put it on the head of faith? Why? Because he loves faith, and because faith is quite certain not to wear that crown, but to lay it at his feet; for, of all the graces, faith is the surest to deny herself and ascribe all to him in whom she trusts.

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

It is a very remarkable thing that you will not often find the Lord Jesus Christ granting a favor without ascribing it to some excellency in that person to whom he grants it. It is generally Great is thy faith, or something of that sort – I have not seen such faith.

Now this is a very remarkable thing, because we know there really was nothing whatever in the persons that they should deserve his great favor.

And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Another of these records is in John 9:1-7.

And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole.

And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Christ's cures do not take many minutes. When he comes to save, he saves men at once. He says, "Light be," and there is light.