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-# Connecting Statement:
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-As Jesus and his disciples continue walking toward Jerusalem, Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus, who then walks with them.
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 # the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar
 
-"a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus." Bartimaeus is the name of a man. Timaeus is his father's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+Bartimaeus is the name of the blind man. Timaeus is his father's name.