Matthew 20:29

Verses 29-34. See Mr 10:40-52; Lu 18:36-43; 19:1 : where this account of his restoring to sight two blind men is also recorded. And as they departed from Jericho. This was a large town about eight miles west of the Jordan, and about nineteen miles north-east from Jerusalem. Near to this city the Israelites crossed the Jordan, when they entered into the land of Canaan, Jos 13:16. It was the first city taken by Joshua, who destroyed it to the foundation, and pronounced a curse on him who should rebuild it, Jos 6:20,21,26. This curse was literally fulfilled in the days of Ahab--nearly five hundred years after, 1 Ki 16:34. It afterwards became the place of the school of the prophets, 2 Ki 2:6.