Mark 10:49 (LSB)

Passage

And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, get up! He is calling for you.”

Nearby Context

Mark 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Mark 10:48 And many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Mark 10:49 And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, get up! He is calling for you.”

Mark 10:50 And throwing off his outer garment, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

Mark 10:51 And Jesus answered him and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "jesus", "stopped", "said", "here", "blind", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 48's "And many were sternly telling him to..." into verse 50's "And throwing off his outer garment he...", so "called" and "jesus" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.