This section includes the healing of the blind man at Jericho (18:35–43) and Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus (19:1–10). In both passages we see individual men responding to Jesus in faith.

18:35–43 Luke’s account of the healing of the blind man at Jericho is taken from Mark 10:46–52. In the Marcan account the blind man is named “Bartimaeus” (10:46; Bartimaeus=son of Timaeus). In the Matthean version of the story, however, reference is made to two blind men (Matt. 20:29–34; cf. also Matt. 9:27–31). (Matthew’s interest in pairs probably accounts for mentioning the two men; see Gundry, p. 405; see also Matt. 8:28–34; 21:1–7.) Another interesting difference is that in Mark 10:46 Jesus is apparently leaving Jericho (so also Matt. 20:29), but in Luke 18:35 Jesus is approaching Jericho. The reas…