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Luke 18:38

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

KJV

καὶ ἐβόησεν λέγων· Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ Δαυείδ, ἐλέησόν με.

Greek NT

Et clamavit, dicens : Jesu, fili David, miserere mei.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
βοάω
boao
verb · 12×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
  • Luke 17:13 — And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
  • Luke 18:39 — And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Luke 20:41 — And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
  • Matt 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
  • Matt 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
  • Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  • Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  • Matt 21:9 — And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Prov 19:7 — All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Rom 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;