It is interesting to notice who recognized Jesus as the Son of David and called him by this name. In chapter 9, two blind men shouted out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David” (9:27). When Jesus healed a blind, mute man in chapter 12, the people were astonished and asked each other, “Could this be the Son of David?” (12:23). In chapter 15, a Canaanite woman with a demon-possessed daughter cried out, “Son of David” (15:22). Another two blind men called out to Jesus as “Son of David” in 20:30–31. And in
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