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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, Saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? If Christ were to come near to every unconverted person here, and say to him, “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” do you know what it is you want? No. The unhappy circumstance is that the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: Jesus had been walking along, the crowd making way for him, but he was arrested by the cry of a blind beggar: “Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. A plain question and a very distinct answer. What is it that you, dear friends, want of Jesus? Could you all tell if the question were put to you? What is it that you would have the Lord do for you? Do you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? Our Lord likes us to know what it is that we want. He would have us feel our need, that we may have a distinct perception of the blessing when it comes, and know just what it is.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee! And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. There was no waste of words. He said what he meant, and he meant what he said, and he knew what he wanted. It is a great thing, in prayer, to know what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. It is a great thing to know what you really do want. There are some persons who are so blind that they do not know that they are blind; and because they say, “We see,”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Saying, what wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?.... Is it alms thou askest? or is it thy sight thou wouldst have restored? and he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight; this he chose, this was his request, and what he cried so vehemently for; and which he believed Christ, the son of David, was able to do for him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Lord that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith have saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. He wanted nothing else; but oh, how badly he wanted that boon!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus said unto him, receive thy sight,.... Be it to thee as thou desirest, look up and see: thus by a word speaking, and power going along with it, without making use of any means, he fulfilled his desire. Thy faith hath saved thee; or has obtained salvation for thee, a temporal salvation; and it may be also a spiritual and an eternal one:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: Christ his only to speak, and the great work is done at once. The salvation of a soul from the power of sin is not the work of weeks; it can be done in a single moment. “Immediately he received his sight,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight Notice the echo. ‘The blind man said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” Jesus said, “Receive thy sight.” With a little turn in the expression, Christ’s answer is the echo of our prayer. Luk_18:42. Thy faith hath saved thee. No, surely it was Christ who saved him. Yes, but Christ delights to put his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. That was a blessed praise-meeting, brought about by the healing of that one man. Now that his eyes were opened, he showed that his mouth was not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: Often, the blessing from Christ’s lip is the echo of the prayer which fell from ours. The blind man said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” Echo answered, “Receive thy sight.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight,— See, how the prayer, the word of Christ, and the immediate effect of it, all tally. “That I might receive my sight.” “Receive thy sight.” “He received his sight.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And immediately he received his sight,.... As soon as ever the word was gone out of Christ's mouth, virtue went forth from him, and cured the man of his blindness; his eyes were at once opened, and he saw as other men; and followed him; his kind benefactor, with a grateful sense of his goodness, with strong affection for him, and faith in him;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk_18:31-43; Luk_19:1-10.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, What should we do when our eyes are opened by Christ but follow him? The moment that we can see him, we should begin to follow him. Luk_18:43. Glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. May we have cause to praise the Lord tonight for many blind eyes opened!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And followed him,— Christ likes not blind followers: “and followed him,”— Luk_18:43. Glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. They seemed to be greatly impressed, but we shall see that some of them soon spoke in another fashion. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk_18:35-43; and Luk_19:1-10.