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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Revised Standard Version

Luke 18:36

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bartimeus (Bartimaeus);   Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bartimeus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Messiah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hearing the Word of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bartimaeus ;   Beggar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bartim us;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jericho;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bartimaeus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what was happening.
King James Version (1611)
And hearing the multitude passe by, he asked what it meant.
King James Version
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
English Standard Version
And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
New American Standard Bible
But when he heard a crowd going by, he began inquiring what this was.
New Century Version
When he heard the people coming down the road, he asked, "What is happening?"
Amplified Bible
Now when he heard a crowd going by, he began to ask what this was [about].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.
Berean Standard Bible
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
Contemporary English Version
The man heard the crowd walking by and asked what was happening.
Complete Jewish Bible
When he heard the crowd going past, he asked what it was all about;
Darby Translation
And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.
Easy-to-Read Version
When he heard the people coming down the road, he asked, "What is happening?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he heard the people passe by, he asked what it meant.
George Lamsa Translation
And he heard the voice of the people passing, and asked, Who is this?
Good News Translation
When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked, "What is this?"
Lexham English Bible
And when he heard a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
Literal Translation
And a crowd passing through, he asked what this might be.
American Standard Version
and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.
Bible in Basic English
And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
Hebrew Names Version
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
International Standard Version
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
Etheridge Translation
And he heard the voice of the multitude as it was passing, and asked what was this.
Murdock Translation
And he heard the noise of the multitude that passed, and inquired what it was.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he hearde the people passe by, he asked what it meant.
English Revised Version
and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.
World English Bible
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked, what it meant?
Weymouth's New Testament
He heard a crowd of people going past, and inquired what it all meant.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he herde the puple passynge, he axide, what this was.
Update Bible Version
and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.
Webster's Bible Translation
And hearing the multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.
New English Translation
When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.
New King James Version
And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.
New Living Translation
When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.
New Life Bible
He heard many people going by and asked what was happening.
New Revised Standard
When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And. hearkening unto a multitude moving along, he enquired, what this, might be.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he hearde the people passe by he axed what it meant.
Young's Literal Translation
and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he herde the people passe by, he axed what it was.
Mace New Testament (1729)
who hearing the noise of a crowd passing by, ask'd what the matter was.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When he heard many people passing by, he hollered out and asked what was going on.

Contextual Overview

35 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; 36 and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. 37 They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." 38 And he cried, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39 And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 40 And Jesus stopped, and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him, 41 "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me receive my sight." 42 And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." 43 And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Luke 15:26, Matthew 21:10, Matthew 21:11

Reciprocal: Mark 10:47 - Jesus Mark 14:22 - this Acts 2:12 - What

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And hearing the multitude pass by,.... Their "voice", as the Syriac version expresses it; the noise of their feet, and especially of their tongues;

he asked what it meant? what was the meaning of this concourse of people, and of this clamorous noise; or, as the Syriac version reads, "who it should be?" what person of note was passing by, that there was such a multitude after him? to which the answer best agrees.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 20:29-34.


 
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