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Symbolism of Blindness Excerpt Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity. That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark   8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity. This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ’ in Mark   8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death ( Mark   10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John  9  characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘light of the world.’ The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphorical use; it o...

Symbolism of Blindness Excerpt Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity. That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark   8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity. This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ’ in Mark   8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death ( Mark  10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John  9  characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘light of the world.’ The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphorical use; it o...

Symbolism of Blindness Excerpt Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity. That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark  8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity. This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ’ in Mark  8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death (Mark  10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John  9 characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘light of the world.’ The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphorical use; it often ch...

Symbolism of Blindness Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity. That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark 8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity. This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ’ in Mark 8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death ( Mark 10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John 9 characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘light of the world.’ The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphorical use; it often characterized spiritual ‘blindn...

Symbolism of Blindness Excerpt Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity . That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark   8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity . This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ ’ in Mark  8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death ( Mark  10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John  9  characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘light of the world.’ The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphoric...

Symbolism of Blindness Excerpt ‎Some of Jesus’ healings of the blind may function as symbolic characterizations of the revelation and recognition of Jesus’ profound identity . That may be the case in the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida in Mark 8:22-26 . The painstaking, step-by-step manner in which Jesus performs this healing characterizes the way he is trying to bring his disciples to understand and ‘see’ his profound identity . This healing serves as a symbolic anticipation and transition to the confession of Jesus as ‘the Christ ’ in Mark 8:29 . Similarly, Bartimaeus, healed of his blindness, represents the insightful disciple who follows Jesus to Jerusalem, the place of his suffering and death ( Mark 10:46-52 ). The healing of the man born blind in John 9 characterizes the spiritual ‘blindness’ of the Jews and indicates how Jesus is the ‘ light of the world .’   ‎The concept of blindness was particularly appropriate for metaphorical use; it often charac...