Luke 9:37

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit

37 ¹On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

Luke 9:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:37

And it came to pass, that on the next day
For Jesus and his disciples staid all night on the mountain:

when they were come down from the hill;
to the bottom of it:

much people met him.
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions read, "met them".

Luke 9:37 In-Context

35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!"

36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 37-42, see Matthew 17:14-19; Mark 9:14-28