And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, 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.
- KJV And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
- BSB When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- 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 30:11–12You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
- Ps 103:1–4By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Luke 17:17–18Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
- Ps 118:18–19Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
- John 9:38He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.
- Isa 38:19–22The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
- Ps 107:20–22He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- 2 Chr 32:24–26In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
- John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
- Ps 116:12–15What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
- Ps 30:1–2A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
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