They came to
[the ancient city of] Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving the city, a blind beggar named
Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
[Mark and Matt. describe how Jesus "leaves Jericho," see . Luke, on the other hand, writes that he "approaches Jericho," see . This may at first appear to be a contradiction, but excavations have shown that there were two Jerichos in Jesus' time. The old city of Jericho mentioned in is the most famous, but just south of it, Herod the Great built a new city called Roman Jericho, where he spent his winters. Here in Roman Jericho there were palaces, amphitheaters, pools, etc.
Another difference, which is also not a contradiction, is that Matthew writes that there were two blind men, while Mark and Luke write that there was only one. Of the two men who received their sight, Mark chooses to focus on the one blind man named Bartimaeus.]
