en_tn_condensed/luk/18/35.md

General Information:

Jesus heals a blind man as he approaches Jericho. These verses give background information and information about the setting of the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

It came about

This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent)

a certain blind man was sitting

"there was a blind man sitting." Here "certain" means only that the man is an important new participant in the story. Luke does not mention his name. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants)