According to the Gospel of Matthew, what was the name of the village where Jesus cured two blind men after leaving Jericho?

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According to the Gospel of Matthew, no village is named for the healing of the two blind men after Jesus leaves Jericho.

Matthew 20:29–34 says that Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho when two blind men sitting by the roadside called out to him. The crowd rebuked them, but Jesus stopped, asked what they wanted, and touched their eyes. They received their sight and followed him.

The passage gives the nearby city of Jericho but does not identify a separate village. This wording matters because other healing stories in the Gospels are tied to named places such as Bethany, Capernaum, or Bethsaida. Matthew’s narrative simply places the encounter on the road as Jesus departs Jericho.

The account is also easy to confuse with Mark 10 and Luke 18, which describe a blind man near Jericho and name him Bartimaeus in Mark. Matthew presents two blind men and does not give either one a personal name. The Gospel differences make a named-village answer unsupported.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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