They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
John 9:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar saw him, they said, Is not this the man who used to sit and beg? American Standard Version (1901) The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Common English Bible The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” Catholic Public Domain Version And so the bystanders and those who had seen him before, when he was a beggar, said, "Is this not the one who was sitting and begging?" Some said, "This is he." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he. |
They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.”
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.
The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands’?”