Editing Miracles of Jesus (section)

==== Blind people ====
The canonical Gospels contain a number of stories about [[Jesus]] healing blind people. The earliest is a story of the healing of a [[Blind man of Bethsaida|blind man in Bethsaida]] in the [[Gospel of Mark]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Mark|8:22–26|NRSV|8:22–26}}</ref>

Mark's gospel gives an account of Jesus healing a blind man named [[Healing the blind near Jericho|Bartimaeus]] as Jesus is leaving Jericho.<ref>{{bibleverse|Mark|10:46–52|NRSV|10:46–52}}</ref>  The [[Gospel of Matthew]]<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|20:29–34|NRSV|20:29–34}}</ref> has a simpler account loosely based on this, with two unnamed blind men instead of one (this "doubling" is a characteristic of Matthew's treatment of Mark's text) and a slightly different version of the story, taking place [[healing the two blind men in Galilee|in Galilee]], earlier in the narrative.<ref>Daniel J. Harrington, ''The Gospel of Matthew'' (Liturgical Press, 1991) p. 133.</ref> The [[Gospel of Luke]] tells the same story of Jesus healing an unnamed blind man but moves the event in the narrative to when Jesus approaches Jericho.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=3054747 |title=Luke 18:35–43 |publisher=Bible.oremus.org |date=10 February 2011 |access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>Brent Kinman, ''Jesus' Entry Into Jerusalem: In the Context of Lukan Theology and the Politics of His Days'' (Brill, 1995) p. 67.</ref>

The [[Gospel of John]] describes an episode in which Jesus [[Healing the blind at birth|heals a man blind from birth]], placed during the [[Sukkot|Festival of Tabernacles]], about six months before his crucifixion. Jesus mixes spittle with dirt to make a mud mixture, which he then places on the man's eyes. He instructs the man to wash his eyes in the [[Pool of Siloam]]. When the man does this, he is able to see. When asked by his disciples whether the cause of the blindness was the man's sins or his parents' sins, Jesus states that it was due to neither.<ref>{{bibleverse|Jn|9:1–12|NRSV|9:1–12}}</ref>