Luke 18:36

36 And [when he] heard a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

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 And they understood none of these [things], and this saying was concealed from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

35 Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting on the side of the road begging.

36 And [when he] heard a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

37 And they told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by."

38 And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal