Luke 9:37-43
New American Standard Bible
37 (A)On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him. 38 And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he is my only son, 39 and a spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves. 40 And I begged Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.” 41 And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.” 42 Now while he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all amazed at the [a](B)greatness of God.
(C)But while everyone was astonished at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples,
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- Luke 9:43 Or majesty
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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