37
On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.
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NEW TESTAMENT
All chapters Luke 9:37–45
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38
Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only born child.
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The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
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39
Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
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40
I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”
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41
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
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42
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
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43
They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
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44
“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
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45
But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
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Verse 45. They understood not this word. They understood well enough what was meant by being delivered into the hands of his enemies, and being put to death; but they could not comprehend how Jesus Christ, whom they knew to be the Messias, and the Son of God, and whom they believed to be immortal, and eternal, could suffer death, or affronts and outrages from men. These ideas seemed incompatible; they perceived in them some mystery, which they could not penetrate. Calmet.
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