BARTIMEUS
(Mark 10:46-52) 1. No one wants to listen to t he blind beggar named Bartimaeus. He was among the least important (even considered rubbish) in society. In the crowded city, as people jostled to see Jesus, Bartimaeus sat on the side of the road (v. 46). sometimes in society, when you welcome an ‘important person’, obviously anyone who is not important must be considered a nuisance. In this case, Bartimaeus shouted, directly addressed the ‘Important Person’ by name, and demanded His attention. Bartimaeus' behaviour was clearly disruptive (unless it was during an election campaign, in which case, this story would have been an easy moment to show his “populist” character). Just being there was disturbing, let alone acting up. Of course, no one would listen to him, the ‘Important People’ were too busy for rubbish like Bartimaeus, so they reprimanded him and told him to shut up. 2. For Bartimaeus, the unheard blind beggar, his ‘ticket’ was that he knew about Jesus. He must have heard...