Mark 10:51 (YLT)

Passage

And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;'

Nearby Context

Mark 10:49 And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'

Mark 10:50 and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.

Mark 10:51 And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;'

Mark 10:52 and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "answering", "jesus", "saith", "wilt", "thou", "thee", "blind", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "answering" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "and he having cast away his garment..." into verse 52's "and Jesus said to him Go thy...", so "answering" 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 "answering" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.