Luke 18:38

So ¹  he called out, ²  “Jesus, Son of David, ³  have mercy ⁴  on me!”

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He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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So he began shouting, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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He yelled, "Jesus! Son of David! Mercy, have mercy on me!"

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And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

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Then he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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And he cried out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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So ¹  he called out, ²  “Jesus, Son of David, ³  have mercy ⁴  on me!”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the blind man learning that Jesus was nearby.

² tn Grk “called out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. He understood what Luke 7:22-23 affirms. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

⁴ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.