Bartimaeus was a blind beggar who called out to jesus for mercy and healing the faith of bartimaeus is seen in how he addresses jesus as the son of god while the crowd tells the blind man to be quiet bartimaeus just became louder when jesus tells his disciples to bring the blind man over a miracle happens because of his faith. The healing of the blind man is the only canonical episode in which jesus attempts to heal an individual but is not immediately successful although the mans vision is ultimately restored jesus must provide a second healing touch to accomplish the miracle what else is happening around mark 822 26. This bible study lesson on mark 1046 52 describes the healing of blind bartimaeus by jesus on his way to jerusalem the bible study outlines the condition of blind bartimaeus his persistent request for healing jesus question to him and his response to jesus and life applications post author by amit christian post date june 28 2010. Mark alone records jesus miracle of healing the blind man from bethsaida mark 822 26 which happened not far from the scene of the feeding of the 5000 the blind man had been brought to christ for healing by some friends or family