Discovery BoxMark 10:46-47 
Context10:46 They came to Jericho. 1 As Jesus 2 and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, 3 “Jesus, Son of David, 4 have mercy 5 on me!”
1 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.
4 sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).
5 sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.
