MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 20:29 Jericho. Not the ancient OT city (Joshua 5:1), but the new Jericho, about a mile (1.6 km) to the south of the older city. Matthew says the healing of the blind men took place as they went out of Jericho (and Mark 10:46 agrees), but Luke 18:35 says it was “as he drew near to Jericho.” It is possible that Matthew and Mark refer to the new Jericho, and Luke to the old Jericho nearby, or vice versa. Another possibility is that the blind men cried out to Jesus first as he was entering the city (Luke 18:35) but he did not heal them until he was leaving the city.

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