RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Blind man of Bethsaida

The Blind Man of Bethsaida is the subject of one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. It is found only in Mark 8:22–26. The exact location of Bethsaida in this pericope is subject to debate among scholars but is likely to have been Bethsaida Julias, on the north shore of Lake Galilee. According to Mark's account, when Jesus came to Bethsaida, a town in Galilee, he was asked to heal a blind man. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Blind man of Bethsaida is the 2,456th most popular religious figure (down from 1,699th in 2019).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Blind man of Bethsaida ranks 2,456 out of 3,187. Before him are Gad, Christodoulos of Athens, Squanto, Francesco Alidosi, Franz Delitzsch, and Rubén Salazar Gómez. After him are Gregory VII of Constantinople, Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria, Simeon the Holy Fool, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Saint Thorlak, and Pedro Pardo de Cela.