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What miracle did he perform on the way?
Luke: “As he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off; and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed” ([xvii, 12–14]).
The other Evangelists do not mention this miracle. Concerning it the “Bible for Learners” says: “It is an unsuccessful imitation of the account we have already examined of the healing of a leper. It is absolutely unhistorical” (Vol. iii, p. 310).
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Was it one or two blind men that sat by the wayside beseeching him to heal them?
Mark: “Blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me” ([x, 46, 47]).
Luke: “A certain blind man sat by the wayside begging: ... And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me” ([xviii, 35, 38]).