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Luke 18:36

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

KJV

ἀκούσας δὲ ὄχλου διαπορευομένου ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη τοῦτο·

Greek NT

Et cum audiret turbam prætereuntem, interrogabat quid hoc esset.

Vulgate

and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.

ASV

And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαπορεύομαι
diaporeuomai
verb · 5×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
verb · 11×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: τί | WH/NIV/RP: τί | Treg: + ἂν
  • τίSBLGNT
  • τίWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + ἂνTregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:12 — And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
  • Mark 10:47 — And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.