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Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
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Use the Senses You Have
Commentator Charles Spurgeon highlights a powerful lesson: the blind man couldn't see, but he could hear and speak. He used the abilities he possessed to inquire about the commotion. This serves as a reminder for believers to not be defined by their limitations but to use every faculty they have—their voice, their hearing, their mind—to seek after Jesus. God honors the use of what we've been given.
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Inquired (επυνθανετο). Imperfect middle. Repeatedly inquired as he heard the tramp of the passing crowd going by (διαπορευομενου).…
19th Century
Anglican
Hearing the multitude pass by.—Better, a multitude, the Greek having no article, and its absence better expressi…
Baptist
And this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And hearing the multitude pass by Their "voice", as the Syriac version expresses it; the noise of their feet, and es…
Presbyterian
This poor blind man sat by the wayside, begging. He was not only blind, but poor, the more fitting emblem of the world of mankind which Christ came…
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