Matthew 20:30
As we walked along, we saw two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled to him, “Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Take pity on us!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
29As we were leaving Jericho city, a large crowd of people followed us.
Cross References
Psalms 146:8Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous people.
Isaiah 35:5When he does that, he will enable blind people to see and enable deaf people to hear.
Isaiah 42:18You Israeli people who have acted toward God like deaf people, listen to what Yahweh says! “You who have been like [MET] blind people, look!
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of Yahweh our Lord is on me; he has appointed [MTY] me to bring good news to those who are oppressed, to comfort those who are discouraged, to free all those who are as though they are chained/tied [DOU] by the wrong things that they continually do.
Matthew 12:22One day when Jesus was at home, some men brought to Jesus a man who, because of being controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}, was blind and unable to speak. Jesus healed him by expelling the demon. As a result, the man began to talk and was able to see.
Matthew 21:9The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting things like, “Praise the Messiah, the descendant of King David!” “May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God’s representative and with God’s authority [MTY].” “Praise God, who is in the highest heaven!”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:30-34
Sight Given to the Blind. 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 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. 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33 They say unto him,… Read the whole commentary →