## drew near to ##

"approached"

## a certain blind man was sitting ##

"there was a blind man sitting." Here "certain" means only that the man is important to the story but his name will not be given.

## begging; and hearing ##

This could also be translated as two sentences: "begging. When he heard."

## They told him ##

People in the crowd told the blind man.

## Jesus of Nazareth ##

Jesus came from the town of Nazareth that was located in Galilee.

## was passing by ##

"was walking past him"