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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Wherefore can it be that He puts them off, and they crying out? Here again teaching us utterly to repel the glory that cometh from the multitude. For because the house was near, He leads them thither to heal them in private. And this is evident from the fact, that He charged them moreover to tell no man. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." The blind men addressed to God the words "Have mercy," but as to a man, "O Son of David." For it was well known among the Jews that the Messiah would come from the seed of David.
Western Saints
Jerome
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, 'Have mercy on us, Son of David.' As Jesus passed through the house of the ruler and was going to his own house, as we read above: Getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own city. …
Hilary of Poitiers
At that point, two blind men follow the Lord as he was passing by. But if they could not see, how could the blind men know of the Lord's departure as well as his name? Moreover, they called him "Son of David" and asked to be made well. In the two blind men, the entire earlier prefiguration is complete. The ruler's daughter seems to be from these people, namely, the Pharisees and John's disciples, who already made common cause in testing the Lord. …
Thomas Aquinas
After showing how he restored life, he now shows how he restored the functions of life. First, how he restored sight; secondly, speech (v. 32). In regard to the first, four things are done: first, the request of the blind men; secondly, they are questioned (v. 28b); thirdly, they are heard (v. 29); fourthly, the charge given to the cured (v. 30b). In regard to their petition we can note five things that make a petition likely to be heard. First, they chose a suitable time for asking, because as they were going away. …
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