And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Parallel translations
- WEB One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- BSB When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- NKJV And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
- NASB Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
- NLT One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
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Quick answer
One healed leper returns, loudly glorifying God for his healing. True deliverance leads to grateful worship.
Overview
While all ten obeyed and were healed, only one perceives the Healer behind the healing and turns back in praise. His loud glorifying of God shows that gratitude and worship are the proper response to grace. This sets up Jesus' contrast between mere benefit received and the saving recognition of God's work.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 30:11–12Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Ps 103:1–4Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
- Luke 17:17–18And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
- Ps 118:18–19The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- John 9:38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
- Isa 38:19–22The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
- Ps 107:20–22He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
- 2 Chr 32:24–26In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
- John 5:14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
- Ps 116:12–15What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
- Ps 30:1–2I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
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