Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
This passage of story agrees with that, Mat 20:29, etc. Only that there were told of two blind men; here, and Luk 18:35, only of one: but if there were two, there was one. This one is named here, being a blind beggar that was much talked of; he was called Bartimeus, that is, the son of Timeus; which, some think, signifies the son of...
Commenting on Mark 10:46-52
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?
Verse 48. (k) "the more a great" (l) "mercy on me"