#45 Seeing Again for the First Time

Deep-Grace Diving with Tim Wright and Terey Summers · Apr 9, 2025 · 38m

Mark wraps up this section of his Gospel—a section centered around Jesus’ stunning revelation that he will be a Messiah who suffers and dies—with a story about a blind man regaining his site. Not only does the story once again demonstrate the mission of Jesus to restore what has been lost, but it invites us to now see, as we move into Holy Week, who this Jesus really is.

Mark 10:46-52 (NRSV)

46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of…