Luc 18:36

36 Entendant la foule passer, il demanda ce que c'était.

Luc 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.

Luc 18:36 In-Context

34 Mais ils ne comprirent rien à cela; c'était pour eux un langage caché, des paroles dont ils ne saisissaient pas le sens.

35 Comme Jésus approchait de Jéricho, un aveugle était assis au bord du chemin, et mendiait.

36 Entendant la foule passer, il demanda ce que c'était.

37 On lui dit: C'est Jésus de Nazareth qui passe.

38 Et il cria: Jésus, Fils de David, aie pitié de moi!