“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- KJV Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
- NKJV “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- NASB “Return to your home and describe what great things God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- NLT “No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.
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Quick answer
Jesus tells him to go home and tell what God has done; he proclaims it throughout the city. The transformed man becomes a witness to Christ.
Overview
Jesus commissions the man to declare what God has done, and he obeys by proclaiming what Jesus did for him. Notably, the deeds Jesus attributes to God the man rightly attributes to Jesus, hinting at His divine identity. In a Gentile region, this restored man becomes an early herald of the Gospel.
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Cross-references · 9
- 1 Tim 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
- Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- Deut 10:21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Mark 1:45But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- Dan 4:1–3King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
- Ps 126:2–3Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Ps 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Dan 4:34–37But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
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