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,