Station: [14] Bartimaeus

Out with the money, useless pig. What? Only 40 sestertii begged in a whole day? 80 you say? No, blind pig, 20 for you and 20 for me: half and half. You can't live on that? Beggar! That's your problem. When you're blind, you don't need a full belly. Look there, a miracle healer is coming by, he can surely help you. The blind man calls out: Is it Rabbi Jesus? Jesus? The people get angry: Don't shout like that - blind fool! But Bartimaeus shouts even louder. Some people have had enough: Shut up. Quiet, you understand! There's no shouting here! But he cries out: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Then Jesus hears him: Call him here! A woman speaks to the blind man: Get up, Jesus is calling you! What are you doing? He's not running away from you. Stop, your coat, he's throwing your coat away! He's running, the blind pig is running! Bartimaeus rushes up to Jesus: Jesus, Son of David, is it you? Jesus replies: Yes, it's me and what's your name? The blind man answers: I am a blind pig, they say. A woman standing by explains: His name is Bartimaeus, he is the blind son of Timaeus. Jesus looks at him: What do you want from me, Bartimaeus? I want to be able to see again. Rabbi, he replies. Then Jesus says to him: "Go, your faith has helped you. But Bartimaeus cries out: I can see. I can see. And cannot calm down. And he followed Jesus on his way.