Matthew:20:30

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rwp @Matthew:20:30 @{That Jesus was passing by } (\hoti I ˆsous paragei \). These men "were sitting by the wayside " (\kath ˆmenoi para ten hodon \) at their regular stand . They heard the crowd yelling that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by (\paragei \, present indicative of direct discourse retained in the indirect ). It was their one opportunity , now or never . They had heard of what he had done for other blind men . They hail him as "the son of David " (the Messiah ). It is just one of many such incidents when Jesus stood still and opened their eyes , so many that even the multitude was impatient with the cries of these poor men that their eyes be opened (\anoig “sin \, second aorist passive subjunctive ).

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