Luke 7:21
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
KJV
ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐθεράπευσεν πολλοὺς ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν, καὶ τυφλοῖς πολλοῖς ἐχαρίσατο βλέπειν.
Greek NT
(In ipsa autem hora multos curavit a languoribus, et plagis, et spiritibus malis, et cæcis multis donavit visum.)
Vulgate
In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
ASV
(And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and hurts and evil spirits: and to many that were blind he gave sight.)
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐκείνῃ — SBLGNT
- ἐκείνῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτῇ δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐχαρίσατο — SBLGNT
- ἐχαρίσατο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τὸ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Acts 1:1 — The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
- Luke 4:40 — Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- 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 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.