Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

Bible References

They came

Matthew 20:29
As they [i.e., the twelve apostles and Jesus] were leaving Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], a huge crowd followed them.
Luke 18:35
And it happened as Jesus was approaching Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], that a certain blind man was [seen] sitting along side of the road, begging.

Begging

Luke 16:20
And a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was full of sores, was laid at the rich man's doorway.
John 9:8
Then the neighbors, who had seen the man begging previously, said, "Is not this the man who [used to] sit there and beg?"
Acts 3:2
[On their way] they met a certain man who had been crippled from birth. Every day he had been carried [by friends] and placed at the "Beautiful Gate" [as it was called] of the Temple [enclosure] where he begged for money from those entering the Temple.