ContradictionsReading order 162Bible context 2 min read
When was the blind man (or men) healed?
Mark and Luke place the roadside encounter on opposite sides of Jesus' arrival in Jericho.
- Textual conflict
- Interpretive tension
- The passages pull in different directions, but the conflict depends on how their wording, scope, or narrative context is read.
- Importance
- Supporting
- A supporting event, teaching, or biographical claim.
The corresponding beggar encounter occurs on departure from Jericho in Mark and approach to Jericho in Luke.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Mark introduces the blind beggar as Jesus leaves Jericho
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Matthew 20:30
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Matthew 20
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mark 10:46
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Mark 10