620 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVIII.
need be no questionaboutthe number,ifwe supposethat
oneoftheEvangelistsrememberingonlyonewas silentabout
the other. Mark alsomentionsonlyone,and he toosays
thathe receivedhissightastheyweregoingoutofJericho;
he has givenalsothename of the man and of hisfather,to
letus understandthatthisone waswellknown,buttheother
notso,so thatitmight come to passthatthe one who was
known would be naturally.the only one mentioned. But
seeingthatwhat followsin St.Luke'sGospelmost plainly
provesthe truthof hisaccount,thatwhilethey wereyet
coming to Jericho,the miracletook place,we cannotbut
supposethattherewere two such miracles,the firstupon
one blindman when ourLord was coming tothatcity,the
second on two,when He was departingout of it;Luke
relatingtheone,Matthew theother.
Horn.de PsEUDO-CnRYS.There was a greatmultitudegathered
zlcdueo.round Christ,and the blindman indeedknew Him not,
but felta drawingtowardsHim, and graspedwithhisheart
what hissightembracednot. As itfollows,And whenhe
heardthemultitudepassingby,he askedwhat itwas. And
thosethatsaw spokeindeedaccordingtotheirown opinion.
And theytoldhim thatJesusofNazarethpassethby. But
theblindman criedout. He istoldone thing,he proclaims
another; foritfollows,And he criedout,saying,Jesus,Thou
Son of David,have mercy on me. Who taughttheethis,
O man? Hast thou,thatartdeprivedofsight,readbooks?
Ps.146,8.Whence then knowestthoutheLightof theworld? Verily
theLordgivethsighttotheblind.
CYRIL. Having been brought up a Jew, he was not
ignorantthat of the seed of David shouldGod be bora
accordingto the flesh,and thereforehe addressesHim as
God, saying,Have mercy upon me. Would thatthose
mightimitatehim who divideChristintotwo. Forhe speaks
of Christas God, yet callsHim Son of David. But they
marvelatthejusticeofhisconfession,and some evenwished
to preventhim from confessinghisfaith.But by checksof
thiskind hisardourwas not damped. For faithisableto
resistall,and totrinmphoverall. Itisa good thingtolay
asideshame in behalfofdivineworship.For ifformoney's
sakesome arebold,isitnotfittingwhen thesoulisatstake,