Mat 9:27 | NETfull | STEP | As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Matthew 9:27

Healing the Blind and Mute

27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, ^{▼▼ Grk “shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.} “Have mercy ^{▼▼ Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.} on us, Son of David!” ^{▼▼ There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42–49]).}