Luke 18:36

36 When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.

Luke 18:36 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 18:36

And hearing the multitude pass by
Their "voice", as the Syriac version expresses it; the noise of their feet, and especially of their tongues;

he asked what it meant?
what was the meaning of this concourse of people, and of this clamorous noise; or, as the Syriac version reads, "who it should be?" what person of note was passing by, that there was such a multitude after him? to which the answer best agrees.

Luke 18:36 In-Context

34 But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was a mystery to them, and they didn't know what he meant.

35 As Jesus came near Jericho, a blind man was sitting and begging by the road.

36 When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.

37 The people told him that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by.

38 Then the blind man shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"