Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
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Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
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And when he hearde the people passe by he axed what it meant.
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And when he heard the people passe by, he asked what it meant.
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Passages linked to Luke 18:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 21:10-11 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
- Luke 15:26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked…
36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
Ver. 36. See Mat 20:29; Mar 10:46.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Poole on "Mat 20:30", and following verses to…
See Poole on "Mat 20:30", and following verses to Mat 20:34, See Poole on "Mar 10:46", and following verses to Mar 10:52, where this whole history is more fully opened. It is here again very remarkable, how much Christ attributes to faith:
Thy faith hath saved thee, Luk 18:42, which can be no otherwise understood, than of faith as the condition that was required in the person to be healed, for it is most certain that Christ by his Divine power was the efficient cause of this blind man’s healing; but he exerted this Divine power upon that exercise of faith which he discerned in the blind man, whose faith seemeth to be a degree higher than that of the leper’s, Luk 17:13, who said no more than Jesus, Master. Jesus, thou Son of David, was much more than this. It speaks the blind man’s persuasion, that Christ was the Messiah; for it was an uncontrolled tradition amongst the Jews, that the Messiah was to be the Son of David. Christ rewards the least exercises of true faith, but much more the higher exercises of it. It doth not appear that this blind man was fully informed who the Messiah should be, viz. God man, but so far as he knew he professeth, he calleth Jesus the
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Son of David.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth…
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. Some of the company answered him, that Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth, so much talked of, and said to be the Messiah, who was become so famous for his doctrines and miracles, for healing diseases, and dispossessing devils, was just "then" passing by; and this occasioned the noise and clamour.
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. Some of the company answered him, that Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth, so much talked of, and said to be the Messiah, who was become so famous for his doctrines and miracles, for healing diseases, and dispossessing devils, was just "then" passing by; and this occasioned the noise and clamour.
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Luke 18:38
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luk 18:38And he cried, saying, Jesus thou son of David,.... Believing him, at once, to be the Messiah; whence he calls him the son of David, which was a character and title of the Messiah, well known to the Jews; See Gill on Mat 1:1 and therefore immediately called out unto him, being willing to take that opportunity as he passed, and whilst he was within hearing, to make his suit to him for his sight:
saying, have mercy on me: a poor, blind, and miserable creature, and restore me to my sight, which will be an act of singular mercy, and goodness, and will always be gratefully owned as such.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Hearing the multitude pass by.—Better, a multitude, the…
(36) Hearing the multitude pass by.—Better, a multitude, the Greek having no article, and its absence better expressing the vague impression left on the blind man by the sound of many footsteps and voices.
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