Matthew: “Two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David” ([xx, 30]).
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What inquiry did the disciples make regarding the cause of the man’s blindness?
“Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” ([John ix, 2]).
Regarding this, Mrs. Evans, in her “Christ Myth” (p. 55), says: “Such a suggestion has no meaning when uttered by a Jew, but to a believer in the transmigration of souls the query would be natural and pertinent, and the story appears to be a modification of a well-known Buddhistic parable.”
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When did this occur?
Luke: “As he was come nigh into Jericho” ([xviii, 35]).