So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
Parallel translations
- WEB They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
- KJV And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
- BSB “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
- NASB They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
- NLT They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.
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Quick answer
He is told that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. The moment of opportunity has arrived.
Overview
The crowd informs the blind man that Jesus of Nazareth is the one passing. This identification is enough to spark his faith, for he has evidently heard of Jesus. The verse marks the turning point at which he will call out for mercy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 2:23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- John 19:19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Mark 2:1–3When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
- Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
- 2 Cor 6:2for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
- John 12:35–36Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
- Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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