Then the disciples understood that He was talking to them about John the Immerser.
Matthew 17:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) When Jesus and His disciples met the crowd [that was gathered], a man came kneeling down to Jesus and saying to Him, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying, American Standard Version (1901) And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying, Common English Bible When they came to the crowd, a man met Jesus. He knelt before him, Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had arrived at the multitude, a man approached him, falling to his knees before him, saying: "Lord, take pity on my son, for he is an epileptic, and he suffers harm. For he frequently falls into fire, and often also into water. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. |
Then the disciples understood that He was talking to them about John the Immerser.
Then a person with an infectious skin disease came to Jesus and, kneeling down before Him, begged Him, saying, “If you want to, you can heal me.” [Note: Throughout this narrative the terms “heal/healing” are originally “clean/cleansing” because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially “unclean.” See Lev. 13:1-3].
As Jesus was leaving to go on His way, a man ran to Him and kneeled down in front of Him and asked, “Good Teacher, what should I do in order to possess never ending life?”
When we had completed preparations for the next day’s voyage we left, and headed out [to sea] on our journey. All the disciples, together with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city and knelt down and prayed with us as we said goodbye to each other.