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Matthew 8:1

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

KJV

Καταβάντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί.

Greek NT

Cum autem descendisset de monte, secutæ sunt eum turbæ multæ :

Vulgate

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

ASV

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦ | RP: Καταβάντι δὲ αὐτῷ
  • Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καταβάντι δὲ αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

2. For when He had come down from the mountain, there came a leper, saying, Lord, if You will, You can make me clean. Great was the understanding and the faith of him who so drew near. For he did not interrupt the teaching, nor break through the auditory, but awaited the proper time, and approaches Him when He has come down. And not at random, but with much earnestness, and at …

Cross-references

  • Matt 4:25 — And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
  • Matt 8:18 — Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.