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Luke 9:38

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

KJV

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου ἐβόησεν λέγων· διδάσκαλε, δέομαί σου ἐπιβλέψαι ἐπὶ τὸν υἱόν μου, ὅτι μονογενής μοί ἐστιν,

Greek NT

Et ecce vir de turba exclamavit, dicens : Magister, obsecro te, respice in filium meum quia unicus est mihi :

Vulgate

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:

ASV

And behold a man among the crowd cried out, saying: Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only one.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βοάω
boao
verb · 12×
δέομαι
deomai
verb · 22×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μονογενής
monogenes
adjective · 9×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιβλέπω
epiblepo
verb · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐβόησεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐβόησεν | RP: ἀνεβόησεν
  • ἐβόησενSBLGNT
  • ἐβόησενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀνεβόησενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μοί ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: μοί ἐστιν | RP: ἐστίν μοι
  • μοί ἐστινSBLGNT
  • μοί ἐστινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐστίν μοιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • John 4:47 — When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
  • Zech 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h