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Matthew 9:27

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

KJV

Καὶ παράγοντι ἐκεῖθεν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ δύο τυφλοὶ κράζοντες καὶ λέγοντες· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, υἱὸς Δαυείδ.

Greek NT

Et transeunte inde Jesu, secuti sunt eum duo cæci, clamantes, et dicentes : Miserere nostri, fili David.

Vulgate

And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.

ASV

And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.

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In this verse

People DavidJesus

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παράγω
parago
verb · 10×
τυφλός
tuphlos
adjective · 50×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἐκεῖθεν
ekeithen
adverb · 27×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτῷ
  • αὐτῷSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: υἱὲ | WH/RP: υἱὲ | Treg/NIV: υἱὸς
  • υἱὲSBLGNT
  • υἱὲWestcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
  • υἱὸςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

§439Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic "Son of David", promised by God to Israel.38 Jesus accepted his rightful title of Messiah, though with some reserve because it was understood by some of his contemporaries in too human a sense, as essentially political.39
§2616Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrection: Jesus hears the prayer of faith, expressed in words (the leper, Jairus, the Canaanite woman, the good thief)84 or in silence (the bearers of the paralytic, the woman with a hemorrhage who touches his clothes, the tears and ointment of the sinful…
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. And, behold, it is said, a woman that had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment. For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. Wherefore did she not approach Him boldly? She was ashamed on account of her affliction, accounting herself to be unclean. For if the menstruous woman was judged not to be…
2. And as they went out, it is said, behold, they brought unto Him a dumb man possessed with a devil. For the affliction was not natural, but the device of the evil spirit; wherefore also he needs others to bring him. For he could neither make entreaty himself, being speechless, nor supplicate others, when the evil spirit had bound his tongue, and together with his tongue had f…

Cross-references

  • Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • John 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
  • John 9:1 — And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
  • Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sig
  • 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.
  • Luke 17:13 — And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
  • Luke 17:13 — And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
  • Luke 18:38 — And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Luke 18:38 — And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Luke 20:41 — And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
  • Mark 8:22 — And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
  • Mark 9:22 — And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
  • Mark 10:46 — And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
  • Mark 10:47 — And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Mark 11:10 — Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
  • Mark 12:35 — And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
  • Matt 1:1 — The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
  • 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.
  • Matt 12:22 — Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
  • Matt 12:23 — And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
  • Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  • Matt 15:22 — And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  • Matt 17:15 — Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
  • Matt 20:30 — And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
  • Matt 21:9 — And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Matt 21:9 — And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
  • Matt 21:15 — And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
  • Matt 22:41 — While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
  • Rom 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
  • Rom 9:5 — Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.