As he heard a crowd of people passing by, he asked [someone] what was happening.
So, he called one of the servants to him and asked what was going on.
And it happened as Jesus was approaching Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], that a certain blind man was [seen] sitting along side of the road, begging.
And he was told that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by [that way].