Bartimayo ni mmojawapo kati ya wachache ambao tunafahamu majina yao kati ya waliofaidika na miujiza ya Yesu, ingawa inawezekana si jina lake mwenyewe, bali ubini kama lilivyotafsiriwa "mwana wa Timayo". Kipofu huyo alimlilia sana Yesu akimuita "Mwana wa Daudi", bila kujali makemeo ya watu wengine waliomdharau kama mkosefu aliyeadhibiwa na Mungu. Habari yake inasimuliwa na Injili Ndugu zote tatu mwishoni mwa safari ya Yesu Kristo kwenda Yerusalemu ili kufa msalabani na kufufuka (Mk 10:46-52; Math 20:29-34; Lk 18:35-43). Papa Benedikto XVI alifananisha Kanisa lote na Bartimayo, kipofu aliyejaliwa kuona. Miujiza ya Yesu Vincent Taylor. The Gospel according to St. Mark. 1966 St. Martin's Press Inc. p 448. Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark by Vernon K. Robbins 2009, ISBN 978-0-8006-2595-5 41-43. Vernon K. Robbins, “The Healing of the Blind Bartimaeus (10:46-52) in the Marcan Theology,” Journal of Biblical Literature 92 (1973), 224-243 [1] Bruce Robison, "Sermon, Sunday, October 25, 2009, Twenty-First after Pentecost, 2009, on Mark 10: 46-52 (RCL Proper 25B)," found at The Rector's Page.