Luke 18:42

‘And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has made you whole.” '

Whether this man was one of the two men similarly healed in Matthew, or whether they had in turn taken up on his lead resulting in a copycat healing, we do not know. But as there would be a number of blind men there and they would all want healing either is possible. It would be very surprising, indeed extremely improbable given the time and place, if Jesus had not healed a number of blind men that day, and the success of one would encourage all. It is a reminder that details are only mentioned when there is a point to be brought home. In the case of the two men in Matthew He healed them by a touch. Here we are only told of His word. His powerful word is a feature of Luke, continuing on to the end of Acts.

Note the emphasis on ‘faith'. As ever faith, however weak, is required, for it is faith that ‘saves' (Luke 5:20; Luke 7:9; Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19).