Matthew 20:29-21:22
Dear RTB’ers,
I went to the VA yesterday and got tested – no flu, no COVID, no RSV. They gave me a week’s worth of antibiotics and cough suppressant. Hopefully I’ll get better soon. Thank you for your prayers!
Two lives forever changed. They’re blind, sitting by the side of the road, possibly begging, and they hear that Jesus and a crowd with Him are coming their way. He offers, they ask. And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed Him. (v. 20:34) Lives forever changed! Somehow I believe that these two men continued to follow Jesus in spite of any opposition they may have felt. Lives forever changed.
The phrase “Son of David” (one of Matthew’s favorite phrases that he attributes to Jesus) occurs four times in today’s reading. The two blind men address Jesus directly with this phrase. Then the crowds on Palm Sunday sing, “Hosanna to the Son of David”. Finally, it’s the children in the temple area calling out the same refrain. [I wonder where they learned that.] Elsewhere in Matthew it’s always the crowds (or someone therein) who refer to Him as such. In these uses they are addressing more than His parental linkage. They are referring to Him as their long-awaited Messiah. He has come, for them!
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessings.
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