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Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
Luke 18:43 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
  • KJV And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
  • NKJV And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
  • NASB And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
  • NLT Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.

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Quick answer

The healed man immediately sees, follows Jesus, and glorifies God, and the crowd praises God too. Restored sight leads to discipleship and worship.

Overview

His instant healing produces the right response: he follows Jesus and gives God glory, and his joy spreads to the watching people. Following Jesus, not merely receiving a benefit, marks true faith. The scene closes with God glorified, the proper end of every act of Christ's mercy.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Ps 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  • 2 Th 1:10–12on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
  • Ps 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Luke 4:39and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
  • Isa 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  • Matt 9:8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
  • Ps 103:1–3Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
  • John 9:5–7While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
  • Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
  • Ps 107:31–32Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Matt 9:28–30After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
  • Acts 4:21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
  • Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
  • Ps 30:2O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
  • Isa 29:18–19On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
  • Luke 13:17When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
  • Luke 5:26Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
  • John 9:39–40Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
  • Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Gal 1:24And they glorified God because of me.
  • Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
  • Matt 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
  • Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  • Ps 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  • Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  • Isa 43:7–8everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
  • Isa 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  • Luke 19:37And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
  • 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Luke 18:43 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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