^10:35Then⁵⁹ James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” ^10:36He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” ^10:37They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.” ^10:38But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?”⁶⁰^10:39They said to him, “We are able.”⁶¹ Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience, ^10:40but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”⁶²

^10:41Now⁶³ when the other ten⁶⁴ heard this,⁶⁵ they became angry with James and John. ^10:42Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. ^10:43But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, ^10:44and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave⁶⁶ of all. ^10:45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom⁶⁷ for many.”

Healing Blind Bartimaeus

^10:46They came to Jericho.⁶⁸ As Jesus⁶⁹ and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. ^10:47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,⁷⁰ “Jesus, Son of David,⁷¹ have mercy⁷² on me!” ^10:48Many scolded⁷³ him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ^10:49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So⁷⁴ they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.” ^10:50He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus. ^10:51Then⁷⁵ Jesus said to him,⁷⁶ “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied, “Rabbi,⁷⁷ let me see again.”⁷⁸^10:52Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained⁷⁹ his sight and followed him on the road.

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Footnotes

59 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
60 Grk “baptism I am baptized with.” This same change has been made in v. 39.
61 No more naïve words have ever been spoken as those found here coming from James and John, “We are able.” They said it with such confidence and ease, yet they had little clue as to what they were affirming. In the next sentence Jesus confirms that they will indeed suffer for his name.
62 After the first passion prediction in 8:31 Jesus rebuked Peter as having been used by Satan. After the second passion prediction in 9:31 the disciples were concerned about who would be the greatest in the kingdom. After the third passion prediction in 10:33 James and John asked for positions of honor and rulership in the kingdom, revealing their complete misunderstanding of the nature of the kingdom and exposing their inadequacy as true disciples of Jesus. Jesus replied that such positions were for those for whom it has been prepared.
63 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
64 Grk “the ten.”
65 The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
66 Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. notes that “ ‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times … in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” ( 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.
67 The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Matt 20:28 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in humanity’s place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that was deserved for sin.
68 For location see ; ; ; ; ; .
69 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
70 Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.
71 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, 8.2.5 [8.42–49]).
72 Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.
73 Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar.
74 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
75 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
76 Grk “And answering, Jesus said to him.” The participle ἀποκριθείς is redundant and has not been translated.
77 Or “Master”; Grk ῥαββουνί (rabbouni).
78 Grk “that I may see [again].” The phrase can be rendered as an imperative of request, “Please, give me sight.” Since the man is not noted as having been blind from birth (as the man in John 9 was) it is likely the request is to receive back the sight he once had.
79 Or “received” (see the note on the phrase “let me see again” in v. ).