Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. New Living Translation As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. English Standard Version As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. Berean Standard Bible As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. Berean Literal Bible And it came to pass in His drawing near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. King James Bible And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: New King James Version Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. New American Standard Bible Now as Jesus was approaching Jericho, a man who was blind was sitting by the road, begging. NASB 1995 As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. NASB 1977 And it came about that as He was approaching Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road, begging. Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened that as Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. Amplified Bible As He was approaching Jericho [on His way to Jerusalem], it happened that a blind man was sitting beside the road begging. Christian Standard Bible As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. Holman Christian Standard Bible As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. American Standard Version And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when they came near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting on the side of the road and begging. Contemporary English Version When Jesus was coming close to Jericho, a blind man sat begging beside the road. Douay-Rheims Bible Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging. English Revised Version And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: GOD'S WORD® Translation As Jesus came near Jericho, a blind man was sitting and begging by the road. Good News Translation As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. International Standard Version As Jesus was approaching Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road begging. Literal Standard Version And it came to pass, in His coming near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, Majority Standard Bible As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. New American Bible Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, NET Bible As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. New Revised Standard Version As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. New Heart English Bible It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass, that as he had come nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging; Weymouth New Testament As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging. World English Bible As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. Young's Literal Translation And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar34But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying. 35As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. 36When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.… Cross References Matthew 13:4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Matthew 20:29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. Mark 10:46 Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road. Luke 18:36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. Luke 19:1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass, that as he was come near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: as. Matthew 20:29,30 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him… Mark 10:46,47 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging… begging. Luke 16:20,21 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, … 1 Samuel 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them. John 9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Jump to Previous Approached Approaching Begging Blind Drew Jericho Jesus Making Money Neighbourhood Nigh Requests Road Roadside Sat Side Sitting Way Wayside Way-SideJump to Next Approached Approaching Begging Blind Drew Jericho Jesus Making Money Neighbourhood Nigh Requests Road Roadside Sat Side Sitting Way Wayside Way-SideLuke 18 1. Of the importunate widow.9. Of the Pharisee and the tax collector. 15. Of Children brought to Jesus. 18. A ruler would follow Jesus, but is hindered by his riches. 28. The reward of those who leave all for his sake. 31. He foretells his death; 35. and restores a blind man to sight. (35) As he was come nigh unto Jericho.--Better, as He was coming nigh. See Notes on Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52. St. Luke, for some reason, passes over the ambitious request of the sons of Zebedee. He agrees with St. Mark, and not with St. Matthew, as to there being one blind man, and as to the miracle being wrought on the approach to Jericho, not on the departure from it.Verse 35. - And it came to pass; that as he was come nigh unto Jericho. Jericho was once called "the City of Palms," afterwards "the City of Perfumes." It was about eighteen miles from Jerusalem. In the Herodian times it became a popular resort, owing to the affection the great Herod entertained for it. Its palm-groves and balsam-gardens were a present from Antony to Cleopatra. Herod the Great bought them from her, and made it one of his royal cities, and adorned it with many stately buildings, and eventually died there, it is now a miserable village. A certain blind man sat by the wayside begging. An apparent discrepancy exists in the three accounts given of this act of our Lord. St. Luke speaks of one blind man who was healed as our Lord was entering the town. St. Matthew and St. Mark mention that the miracle took place as our Lord was leaving the place, and St. Matthew mentions that two blind men received their sight at the bidding of Jesus. Several solutions of this little difficulty have been proposed. Perhaps the most probable is that the sufferers were sitting near the town gates as the Lord entered. They, hearing who was passing by, eagerly called to him for help. Surrounded by the crowd, he probably did not hear the cry, or possibly wished to test the earnestness of their faith by allowing them to wait. They follow him through the place, and in the open space outside the city they attract his attention, and he heals them. Or, in the words of Dr. Morrison, "the case seems to have begun as he entered into the city, but it culminated in all likelihood as he departed." A later explanation, apparently preferred by Godet and Farrar, is that, as Josephus and Eusebius distinguish between the old and the new Jericho - the old town on the ancient site, and the new Herodian town which had sprung up at a little distance from it - the blind man might, according to some traditions, have been healed as Jesus was leaving old Jericho; according to others, as he was entering the new town. The fact of SS. Mark and Luke only mentioning one blind man is easily explained. There was one evidently (as we shall suggest further on), a well-known character in Christian story - Bartimaeus. Two of the evangelists recorded his cure, as being of special interest to the Church, leaving the second among the numberless unrecorded miracles of healing of Jesus. A certain blind man. St. Mark names him Bartimaeus. It may be inferred that, as St. Mark specially names him, this man was well known in early Christian story. We know that after the cure he joined the company as one of the followers of Jesus. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Asδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [Jesus] αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. drew near ἐγγίζειν (engizein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach. to εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Jericho, Ἰεριχὼ (Ierichō) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2410: Jericho, a city a little north of the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Jericho, a place in Palestine. a τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. blind [man] τυφλός (typhlos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind. was sitting ἐκάθητο (ekathēto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2521: To sit, be seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside. From kata; and hemai; to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside. beside παρὰ (para) Preposition Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. road, ὁδὸν (hodon) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. begging. ἐπαιτῶν (epaitōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1871: To beg, be a beggar, ask alms. From epi and aiteo; to ask for. Links Luke 18:35 NIVLuke 18:35 NLT Luke 18:35 ESV Luke 18:35 NASB Luke 18:35 KJV Luke 18:35 BibleApps.com Luke 18:35 Biblia Paralela Luke 18:35 Chinese Bible Luke 18:35 French Bible Luke 18:35 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 18:35 It happened as he came near Jericho (Luke Lu Lk) |
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