All the crowds of people were amazed and said, “Can this [Jesus] be the son of David?”
Luke 18:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, he shouted out, “Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me! American Standard Version (1901) And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. Common English Bible The blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, show me mercy.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he cried out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. |
All the crowds of people were amazed and said, “Can this [Jesus] be the son of David?”
Just then a Canaanite woman came out of that area [Note: Mark 7:26 calls her a Syrophoenician Gentile], crying, “O Lord, son of David, have pity on me. My daughter is seriously troubled by an evil spirit.”
But when the leading priests and the experts in the Law of Moses saw the wonderful things [i.e., miracles] He was performing and [heard] the children shouting in the Temple, “Hosanna to the son of David,” [See note at verse 9], they were filled with anger [i.e., over the acclaim being given to Jesus].
And the crowds that walked ahead and followed behind Him shouted, “Hosanna to the son of David. [Note: The Syriac word ‘Hosanna’ originally meant ‘save now’ but came to be used as an expression of welcome, praise, blessing or acclamation]. May He, who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. Hosanna in the highest [i.e., may this blessing reach to the highest heaven].”
Now as Jesus moved on from there, two blind men followed Him [i.e., probably being led by sighted persons]. They were shouting, “Have pity on us, son of David!”
But those walking in front [of Jesus] spoke harshly to the blind beggar, telling him to be quiet. But he continued shouting all the more, “You son of David, take pity on me.”
It was about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born as a physical descendant of King David.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you people about these things for [the benefit of] the churches [See 1:4]. I am the Root and the descendant of King David, the bright Morning Star.”