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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.

KJV

καὶ οἱ προάγοντες ἐπετίμων αὐτῷ ἵνα σιγήσῃ· αὐτὸς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν· υἱὲ Δαυείδ, ἐλέησόν με.

Greek NT

Et qui præibant, increpabant eum ut taceret. Ipse vero multo magis clamabat : Fili David, miserere mei.

Vulgate

And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

ASV

And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
προάγω
proago
verb · 20×
σιγάω
sigao
verb · 10×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
ἐπιτιμάω
epitimao
verb · 29×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: σιγήσῃ | WH/Treg/NIV: σιγήσῃ | RP: σιωπήσῃ
  • σιγήσῃSBLGNT
  • σιγήσῃWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σιωπήσῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
  • Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
  • Luke 11:8 — I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
  • Luke 18:5 — Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
  • Luke 18:15 — And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
  • Luke 18:38 — And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Matt 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
  • Ps 141:1 — Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.