Matteo 20:29

29 E come uscivano da Gerico, una gran moltitudine lo seguì.

Matteo 20:29 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:29

And as they departed from Jericho
Which, was distant about ten parsas, or miles, from Jerusalem ^F9, through which Christ just passed, and had met with Zacchaeus, and called him, and delivered the parable concerning a nobleman's going into a far country. The Syriac and Persic versions render the words, "when Jesus departed from Jericho"; and the Arabic, "when he went out of Jericho"; not alone, but "with his disciples", as Mark says; and not with them only, for a great multitude followed him out of the city; either to hear him, or be healed by him, or to see him, or behold his miracles, or to accompany him to Jerusalem; whither he was going to keep the feast of the passover, and where they might be in some expectation he would set up his kingdom. The Ethiopic version reads it, "as they went out from Jerusalem", contrary to all copies and versions.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Bartenora in Misn. Taraid, c. 3. sect. 8.

Matteo 20:29 In-Context

27 e chiunque fra voi vorrà esser primo, sarà vostro servitore;

28 appunto come il Figliuol dell’uomo non è venuto per esser servito ma per servire, e per dar la vita sua come prezzo di riscatto per molti.

29 E come uscivano da Gerico, una gran moltitudine lo seguì.

30 Ed ecco che due ciechi, seduti presso la strada, avendo udito che Gesù passava, si misero a gridare: Abbi pietà di noi, Signore, figliuol di Davide!

31 Ma la moltitudine li sgridava, perché tacessero; essi però gridavan più forte: Abbi pietà di noi, Signore, figliuol di Davide!