Mark 10:46

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then they [i.e., Jesus and the twelve apostles] came to Jericho [Note: This was a town about 18 miles northeast of Jerusalem]. As He left there with His disciples and a large crowd, they met a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sitting along side the road.

Cross References

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Luke 16:20

And a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was full of sores, was laid at the rich man’s doorway.

Luke 16:22

And it happened that the beggar died and [his spirit] was carried away by angels to a place close to Abraham. And the rich man also died and [his body] was buried.

Luke 18:35

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.

Luke 19:1

So, Jesus [finally] entered Jericho and was traveling through it.

John 9:8

Then the neighbors, who had previously seen the man begging, said, “Is not this the man who [used to] sit there and beg?”