Luke 18:36

Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

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WEBBE

Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

BSB

When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

KJV

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

ASV

and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.

BBE

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

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ἀκούσας akousas Having heard G191 δὲ de now G1161 ὄχλου ochlou a crowd G3793 διαπορευομένου diaporeuomenou passing along G1279 ἐπυνθάνετο epunthaneto he was asking G4441 τί ti what G5101 ἂν an maybe G302 εἴη eiē would be G1510 τοῦτο touto this G3778

The early church

(Hom. de caeco et Zacchaeo) There was a great multitude gathered round Christ, and the blind man indeed knew Him not, but felt a drawing towards Him, and grasped with his heart what his sight embraced not. As it follows, And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what it was. And those that saw spoke indeed according to their own opinion. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. But the blind man cried out. He is told one thing, he proclaims another; for it follows, And he cried out, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Who taught thee this, O man? Hast thou that art deprived of sight read books? Whence then knowest thou the Light of the world? Verily the Lord giveth sight to the blind. (Ps. 146:8.)

Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

And to show that our Lord did not even walk without doing good, He performed a miracle on the way, giving His disciples this example, that we should be profitable in all things, and that nothing in us should be in vain.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 35–43

This poor blind man sat by the wayside, begging. He was not only blind, but poor, the fitter emblem of the world of mankind which Christ came to heal and save. The prayer of faith, guided by Christ's encouraging promises, and grounded on them, shall not be in vain. The grace of Christ ought to be thankfully acknowledged, to the glory of God. It is for the glory of God if we follow Jesus, as those will do whose eyes are opened. We must praise God for his mercies to others, as well as for mercies to ourselves. Would we rightly understand these things, we must come to Christ, like the blind man, earnestly beseeching him to open our eyes, and to show us clearly the excellence of his precepts, and the value of his salvation.

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Matthew 9:27 Matthew 20:29–30 Mark 10:46–47

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