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Mark 10:47-49
New English Translation
Mark 10:47-49
New English Translation
47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,[a] “Jesus, Son of David,[b] have mercy[c] on me!” 48 Many scolded[d] him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So[e] they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”
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- Mark 10:47 tn Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.
- Mark 10:47 sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).
- Mark 10:47 sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.
- Mark 10:48 tn Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar.
- Mark 10:49 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
Mark 10:47-49
New International Version
Mark 10:47-49
New International Version
47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,(A) he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David,(B) have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.”
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