Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
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- KJV And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
- BSB Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to 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.
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- Ps 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
- 2 Th 1:10–12when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
- Ps 107:15Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Luke 4:39He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
- Isa 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- Ps 103:1–3By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- John 9:5–7While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- Isa 43:21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
- Ps 107:31–32Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
- Matt 9:28–30When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
- Acts 4:21When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
- Ps 30:2Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
- Isa 29:18–19In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
- Luke 13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 5:26Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
- John 9:39–40Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
- Ps 107:21–22Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
- Luke 17:15–18One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- Ps 107:8Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Acts 11:18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”
- Isa 43:7–8everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
- Isa 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
- Luke 19:37As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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