Bartimaeus
bartimaeus
son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt. 20:30). His blindness was miraculously cured on the ground of his faith.
Historical Examples
They were in a hansom cab driving across London in the direction of bartimaeus’s Hospital.
The Christian Hall Caine
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