Mark - 10:51



51 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 10:51.

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And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
And Jesus answered him, and said, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.
And Jesus answering, said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni, that I may see.
And Jesus answering says to him, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may see.
"What shall I do for you?" said Jesus. "Rabboni," replied the blind man, "let me recover my sight."
And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.
And in response, Jesus said to him, "What do you want, that I should do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, that I may see."
"What do you want me to do for you?" said Jesus, addressing him. "Rabboni," the blind man answered, "I want to recover my sight."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Lord, that I might, etc. - The Codex Bezae, and some copies of the Itala, have, Κυριε ῥαββει, O Lord, my teacher.

And Jesus answered and said unto him,.... Being come to him, and standing before him:
what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? What means this vehement cry? what is it thou designest by mercy? is it money thou askest for, to relieve thy wants? or is it that thy sight may be restored?
The blind man said unto him, Lord; "Rabboni", or, as the Syriac version reads it; "Rabbi"; thou, great master in Israel, and Lord, of the whole world, my request to thee, and which thou, art, able to effect; is,
that I might receive my sight; See Gill on Matthew 20:33.

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