Luke 9:37-43
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Power of Faith over a Demon
37 The next day,(A) when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him. 38 Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.(B) 39 Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth;[a] wounding[b] him, it hardly ever leaves him. 40 I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”(C)
41 Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious[c] generation!(D) How long will I be with you and put up with you?(E) Bring your son here.”
42 As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy,(F) and gave him back to his father.(G) 43 And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.(H)
The Second Prediction of His Death
While everyone was amazed at all the things He was doing,(I) He told His disciples,
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Luke 9:37-43
Lexham English Bible
A Demon-possessed Boy Healed
37 Now it happened that on the next day, when[a] they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look with concern on my son, because he is my only son! 39 And behold, a spirit seizes him and suddenly he screams, and it convulses him with foam and rarely withdraws from him, battering him severely. 40 And I begged your disciples that they would expel it, and they were not able to do so.” 41 So Jesus answered and[b] said, “O unbelieving and perverted generation! How long[c] will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!” 42 And while[d] he was still approaching, the demon threw him down and convulsed him.[e] But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all astounded at the impressiveness of God.
Jesus Predicts His Suffering
But while they[f] were all marveling at all the things that he was doing, he said to his disciples,
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- Luke 9:37 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had come down”)
- Luke 9:41 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 9:41 Literally “until when”
- Luke 9:42 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“approaching”)
- Luke 9:42 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 9:43 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“marveling”)
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