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Luke 19:3

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

KJV

καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τίς ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ὅτι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρὸς ἦν.

Greek NT

et quærebat videre Jesum, quis esset : et non poterat præ turba, quia statura pusillus erat.

Vulgate

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

ASV

And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μικρός
mikros
adjective · 42×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἡλικία
elikia
noun · 8×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2712Contemplative prayer is the prayer of the child of God, of the forgiven sinner who agrees to welcome the love by which he is loved and who wants to respond to it by loving even more.8 But he knows that the love he is returning is poured out by the Spirit in his heart, for everything is grace from God. Contemplative prayer is the poor and humble surrender to the loving will of t…

Cross-references

  • Luke 23:8 — And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.