LUKE 18:38 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) so he started shouting, “Yeshua, David’s descendant, be merciful to me!”

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, magenta:vocative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST He shouted, “Jesus, you who are descended from King David, have pity on me!”

AICNT And he cried out, saying, “[Jesus,][fn] Son of David, have mercy on me!”

18:38, Jesus: Absent from some manuscripts. A(02)

OEB he shouted out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!’

WEBBE He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

WMBB He cried out, “Yeshua, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

NET So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

LSV and he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me”;

FBV He called out, “Jesus, son of David, please have mercy on me!”

TCNT So he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

T4T He shouted, “Jesus, you who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!”

LEB And he called out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

BBE And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

Moff So he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!"

Wymth Then, at the top of his voice, he cried out, "Jesus, son of David, take pity on me."

ASV And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

DRA And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.

YLT and he cried out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

Drby And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

RV And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
(And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou/you son of David, have mercy on me. )

SLT And he cried out, saying, Jesus, son of David, pity me.

Wbstr And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

KJB-1769 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
(And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou/you Son of David, have mercy on me. )

KJB-1611 And he cried, saying, Iesus thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And he cryed, saying: Iesu thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
(And he cried, saying: Yesu thou/you son of David, have mercy on me.)

Gnva Then hee cried, saying, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
(Then he cried, saying, Yesus/Yeshua the Son of David, have mercy on me. )

Cvdl And he cryed, and sayde: Iesu thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy vpon me.
(And he cried, and said: Yesu thou/you son of David, have mercy upon me.)

TNT And he cryed sayinge: Iesus the sonne of David have thou mercy on me.
(And he cried saying: Yesus/Yeshua the son of David have thou/you mercy on me. )

Wycl And he criede, and seide, Jhesu, the sone of Dauyd, haue mercy on me.
(And he cried, and said, Yhesu, the son of David, have mercy on me.)

Luth Und er rief und sprach: JEsu, du Sohn Davids, erbarme dich mein!
(And he shouted and spoke: Yesu, you(sg) son David's, have_mercy you/yourself my!)

ClVg Et clamavit, dicens: Jesu, fili David, miserere mei.
(And shouted, saying: Yesu, son David, to_pity my/mine. )

UGNT καὶ ἐβόησεν λέγων, Ἰησοῦ, Υἱὲ Δαυείδ, ἐλέησόν με.
(kai eboaʸsen legōn, Yaʸsou, Huie Daueid, eleaʸson me.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐβόησεν λέγων· Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
(kai eboaʸsen legōn; Yaʸsou huie Dawid, eleaʸson me.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐβόησεν, λέγων, Ἰησοῦ, υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
(Kai eboaʸsen, legōn, Yaʸsou, huie Dawid, eleaʸson me.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐβόησε, λέγων, Ἰησοῦ, υἱὲ [fn]Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
(Kai eboaʸse, legōn, Yaʸsou, huie Dawid, eleaʸson me. )

18:38 δαυιδ ¦ δαβιδ HF TR ¦ δαυειδ TH WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:35–43: Jesus healed a blind beggar

As Jesus and his disciples continued their journey to Jerusalem, they came to Jericho. A blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. He asked Jesus to make him able to see again. Luke does not mention the beggar’s name, but Mark mentions that his name was Bartimaeus. Jesus healed him and told him that the reason he could now see was because he believed in Jesus.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

Jesus Heals a Blind Man (NCV)

Jesus gives sight to a blind man

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 9:27–31, 20:29–34 and Mark 10:46–52.

18:38

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

So he shouted, “Jesus, descendant of King David, be^(sing) merciful to me!”
Then he called loudly to him, and said, “Jesus, I know that you^(sing) are the descendant of King David! Please pity me and help me!”

So: This verse begins with a Greek conjunction that is often translated as “and.” Some English versions, such as the ESV, translate it that way. The BSB and some other versions (NET, NLT) translate it as So in order to show that it introduces what the blind man did in response to what the people told him. Other versions, such as the NIV and GNT, do not translate this conjunction. Connect 18:38 to 18:37 in a way that is natural in your language.

he called out: The Greek word that the BSB translates as called out means “to shout.” The context implies that he shouted like this so that Jesus would hear him. He was not shouting in an angry or impolite way.

Jesus, Son of David: The blind man used two terms of address for Jesus. He called him by his name, and he also addressed him as Son of David. In some languages it may be more natural to make the phrase Son of David a separate statement. For example:

I know that you are the Son of David.

The Notes have included the article “the” because the blind man referred to a particular descendant of David. In many languages an article is not necessary.

Son of David: The phrase Son of David refers to a descendant of King David. The Jewish people used this phrase as a title for the Messiah. It does not refer to one of David’s own children. Jesus was born hundreds of years after King David died. David was a famous ancestor from the past.

In your translation try to avoid the impression that David was the birth father of Jesus. Some languages have a special term to refer to ancestors from the distant past. Refer to David in an appropriate way in your language. One way to translate the title is:

Descendant of King David

It may be helpful to add a footnote in your translation to give the information in the first paragraph of this note.

have mercy on me: The request have mercy on me indicates that the blind man was asking Jesus to pity him and help him. He wanted Jesus to show kindness and compassion to him. He specifically wanted Jesus to heal him, but he made that request later (18:41b). Other ways to say this are:

Be merciful to me!

Show compassion to me!

Pity me!

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐβόησεν λέγων Ἰησοῦ Υἱέ Δαυίδ ἐλέησον μέ)

Luke uses And to introduce the results of what the previous sentence described. When the blind man learned that Jesus was walking by, he knew that Jesus would hear him if he called out, so as a result, he shouted to him. Alternate translation: [So]

ἐβόησεν

˱he˲_shouted

Alternate translation: [he called out] or [he shouted]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Υἱὲ Δαυείδ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐβόησεν λέγων Ἰησοῦ Υἱέ Δαυίδ ἐλέησον μέ)

The blind man is using the word Son to mean “descendant.” Alternate translation: [Descendant of David]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Υἱὲ Δαυείδ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐβόησεν λέγων Ἰησοῦ Υἱέ Δαυίδ ἐλέησον μέ)

David was Israel’s most important king, and God had promised him that one of his descendants would be the Messiah. So the title Son of David implicitly meant “Messiah.” Alternate translation: [Messiah]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

ἐλέησόν με

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐβόησεν λέγων Ἰησοῦ Υἱέ Δαυίδ ἐλέησον μέ)

This is an imperative, but it should be translated as a polite request rather than as a command. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [please be merciful to me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλέησόν με

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐβόησεν λέγων Ἰησοῦ Υἱέ Δαυίδ ἐλέησον μέ)

The blind man assumes that Jesus will know that he is asking specifically to be healed. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [please have mercy on me and heal me] or [please be merciful to me by healing me]

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Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem

Much like the difficulties of discerning the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land (see here), the task of reconciling the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem into one coherent itinerary has proven very challenging for Bible scholars. As with many other events during Jesus’ ministry, the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels) present a noticeably similar account of Jesus’ final travels, while John’s Gospel presents an itinerary that is markedly different from the others. In general, the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus as making a single journey to Jerusalem, beginning in Capernaum (Luke 9:51), passing through Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1) and Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-19:10), and ending at Bethany and Bethphage, where he enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). John, on the other hand, mentions several trips to Jerusalem by Jesus (John 2:13-17; 5:1-15; 7:1-13; 10:22-23), followed by a trip to Perea across the Jordan River (John 10:40-42), a return to Bethany where he raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11), a withdrawal to the village of Ephraim for a few months (John 11:54), and a return trip to Bethany, where he then enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (John 12:1-19). The differences between the Synoptics’ and John’s accounts are noteworthy, but they are not irreconcilable. The Synoptics, after noting that Jesus began his trip at Capernaum, likely condensed their accounts (as occurs elsewhere in the Gospels) to omit Jesus’ initial arrival in Jerusalem and appearance at the Festival of Dedication, thus picking up with Jesus in Perea (stage 2 of John’s itinerary). Then all the Gospels recount Jesus’ trip (back) to Bethany and Jerusalem, passing through Jericho along the way. Likewise, the Synoptics must have simply omitted the few months Jesus spent in Ephraim to escape the Jewish leaders (stage 4 of John’s itinerary) and rejoined John’s account where Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem on a donkey.

Parallel LUKE 18:38

Section 18:35–43: Jesus healed a blind beggar

18:38

Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem