Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 18:43
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Luke18:43
43 And immediately he recived his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: And all the people when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
See the Notes on Matth. 20.29, 30. and on Mark 10.46. where this whole History is more fully opened. It is here again very remarkable, how much Christ attributeth to Faith, v. 42. Thy Faith hath saved thee, which can be no otherwise understood, than of Faith, as the condition that was required in the Person to be healed, for it is most certain, that Christ by his Divine Power, was the Efficient cause of this Blind Man's healing, but he exerted this Divine Power, upon that exercise of Faith, which he discerned in the Blind Man, whose Faith seemeth to be a degree higher than that of the Lepers, Ch. 17.13. who said no more Iesus, Master. Jesus, thou Son of David was much more than this. It speak the blind Mans persuasion, that Christ was the Messiah; for it was an incontrouled Tradition amongst the Jews, that the Messiah was to be the Son of David Christ rewards the least Exercises of true Faith, but much more the higher Exercises of it. It doth not appear this Blind Man was fully informed, who the Messiah should be, viz. God-man, but so far as he knew he professeth, he calleth Jesus, The Son of David,
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