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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Timaeus
Bartimaeus means son of Timaeus, and Mark gives the father's name only to say whose son the blind beggar at Jericho was.
First, in plain English
Bartimaeus means son of Timaeus, and Mark gives the father's name only to say whose son the blind beggar at Jericho was.
Who this is
The father of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar Jesus healed outside Jericho (Mark 10:46). Mark names him only to identify his son; the name Bartimaeus itself means "son of Timaeus." Nothing else about Timaeus is recorded.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G5090
Where it appears
- Mark 10:46
