Matthew 20:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ, ἰδού, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν, λέγοντες, Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε, Υἱὸς Δαυίδ.

Transliteration

And, idou, two typhloi kathēmenoi beside the hodon, having akousantes that Iēsous paragei, ekraxan, legontes, Have mercy on eleēson us, Kyrie, Huios of David.

Grammar Details

• *idou*: imperative used as interjection - behold/look
• *duo*: numeral - two
• *typhloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - blind men
• *kathēmenoi*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - sitting
• *hodon*: accusative, feminine, singular - road/way
• *akousantes*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *paragei*: present, 3rd singular - passes by
• *ekraxan*: aorist, 3rd plural - cried out
• *legontes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *eleēson*: aorist imperative, 2nd singular - have mercy on
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *David*: genitive, masculine, singular - David

Word Meanings

• *paragei*: passes by/is passing by
• *Huios David*: Son of David (Messianic title)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And behold, two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And beholde two blinde men sittinge by ye waysyde whe they hearde Iesus passe by cryed sayinge: Thou Lorde ye sonne of David have mercy on vs.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and beholde, two blyndemen sat by the waye syde: And when they herde that Iesus passed by, they cried & sayde. O LORDE, thou sonne Dauid,haue mercy vpon vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lorde, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of David.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir -- Son of David.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,“Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 22:42 : 42 Saying, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he? They said to him, The Son of David.
• Matt 21:9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!
• Matt 21:14 : 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
• Mark 10:46 : 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
• Luke 7:21 : 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
• John 9:1-9 : 1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had spoken thus, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spit, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is translated, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came back seeing. 8 The neighbors therefore, and those who previously had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 10 Therefore they said to him, How were your eyes opened? 11 He answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. 12 Then they said to him, Where is he? He said, I do not know.
• Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
• Rom 1:3-4 : 3 Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;
• Ps 146:8 : 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:
• Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
• Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
• Isa 42:18 : 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
• Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men.
• Isa 61:1-2 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
• Matt 9:27-31 : 27 And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man knows it. 31 But they, when they departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
• Matt 12:22-23 : 22 Then one was brought to him who was possessed with a devil, blind, and mute: and he healed him, so that the blind and mute both spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
• Matt 15:22 : 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came out from those coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.