Luke 18:36
 Luke 18:36 
New International Version (©2011)
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what this meant. "

International Standard Version (©2012)
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

NET Bible (©2006)
When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And he heard the sound of the crowd that passed by and he was asking, “Who is this?”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

American King James Version
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

American Standard Version
and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.

Darby Bible Translation
And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.

English Revised Version
and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.

Webster's Bible Translation
And hearing the multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.

Weymouth New Testament
He heard a crowd of people going past, and inquired what it all meant.

World English Bible
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

Young's Literal Translation
and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

18:35-43 This poor blind man sat by the wayside, begging. He was not only blind, but poor, the fitter emblem of the world of mankind which Christ came to heal and save. The prayer of faith, guided by Christ's encouraging promises, and grounded on them, shall not be in vain. The grace of Christ ought to be thankfully acknowledged, to the glory of God. It is for the glory of God if we follow Jesus, as those will do whose eyes are opened. We must praise God for his mercies to others, as well as for mercies to ourselves. Would we rightly understand these things, we must come to Christ, like the blind man, earnestly beseeching him to open our eyes, and to show us clearly the excellence of his precepts, and the value of his salvation.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.


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Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
35And it came to pass, that as he was come near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: 36And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. 37And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passes by. …

Luke 18:35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Luke 18:37 They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."