Mar 10:50 | TNotes | STEP | 10:50 threw aside his coat: Bartimaeus’s response is best understood as simply a spontaneous act of joy and anticipation rather than as a symbolic casting off of his old way of life or leaving all to follow Jesus.

‏ Mark 10:50

10:50 ^a threw aside his coat: Bartimaeus’s response is best understood as simply a spontaneous act of joy and anticipation rather than as a symbolic casting off of his old way of life or leaving all to follow Jesus.