Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
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Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
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Iesus sayde vnto him: receave thy sight: thy faith hath saved the.
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And Iesus said vnto him, Receiue thy sight: thy faith hath saued thee.
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Passages linked to Luke 18:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Luke 8:48 He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
- Luke 17:19 Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
- Psalms 107:20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- Matthew 9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Luke 7:50 He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Psalms 33:9 For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 42. thy faith hath saved thee] The brief sentences…
42. thy faith hath saved thee] The brief sentences of the narrative have been beautifully woven by Mr Longfellow into his little poem of Blind Bartimaeus: [indent]
“Those mighty voices three,
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Ἰησοῦ ἐλέησόν με!
Θάρσει, ἔγειραι! Ὕπαγε·
Ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε!”
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (42) Thy faith hath saved thee.—Better, as in St.…
(42) Thy faith hath saved thee.—Better, as in St. Mark, Thy faith hath made thee whole, the immediate reference being obviously to the restoration of the man’s sight, and that which was in the immediate future being recognised as already ideally completed. Beyond this, as in the use of the same formula in Luk_7:50, there lies in the word a reference to the salvation, the healthiness of spiritual vision, of which the restoration of bodily sight was at once the type and the earnest.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight. "Magnifique…
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight. "Magnifique aumone du Christ" (Pressense"). Thy faith hath saved thee. The American Longfellow has united the cry for mercy of the blind, the kindly sympathizing words of the disciples (reported by St. Mark), and the gift of Jesus Christ, in his exquisite poem of "Blind Bartimaeus." "Those mighty voices three Ihsou elehson me ! Yarrsei egeire fwnei se H pistiv sou seswke se !"
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Rom 1:16").
saved
(See Scofield "Rom 1:16").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Receive your sight
Receive your sight
This is a command, but Jesus is not commanding the man to do anything. Jesus is healing the man by commanding him to be healed. AT: "You will now receive your sight" (See: Imperatives - Other Uses)
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Your faith has healed you
These words are a metonym. It was because of the man's faith that Jesus healed the man. AT: "I have healed you because you believed in me" (See: Metonymy)
glorifying God
"giving glory to God" or "praising God"
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faith
cure
glory
praise
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