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Luke 17:18
18Was there no one found to return and to give thanks and praise to God, except this foreigner?”
Luke 17:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
- New International Version (NIV)Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
Context of Luke 17:18
16and he lay face downward at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him [over and over]. He was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten [of you] cleansed? Where are the [other] nine? Was there no one found to return and to give thanks and praise to God, except this foreigner?” 19Jesus said to him, “Get up and go [on your way]. Your faith [your personal trust in Me and your confidence in God’s power] has restored you to health.” 20Now having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed or with a visible display;
Read all of Luke 17Luke 17:18 word by word
οὐχ εὑρέθησαν ὑποστρέψαντες δοῦναι δόξαν τῷ θεῷ εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς οὗτος;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- There areεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- notοὐou · noG3756
- that returnedὑποστρέφωhupostrephō · to returnG5290
- to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
- to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- saveεἰei · if: notG1487
- ·μήmē · notG3361
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- strangerἀλλογενήςallogenēs · foreignG241
Cross-references for Luke 17:18
- Psalms 29:1Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalms 50:23He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.”
- Psalms 106:13But they quickly forgot His works; They did not [patiently] wait for His counsel and purpose [to be revealed regarding them],
- Isaiah 42:12Let them give glory to the Lord And declare His praise in the islands and coastlands.
- Revelation 14:7and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God [with awe and reverence], and give Him glory [and honor and praise in worship], because the hour of His judgment has come; [with all your heart] worship Him who created the heaven and the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
- Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following Him, “I tell you truthfully, I have not found such great faith [as this] with anyone in Israel.
- Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
- Matthew 19:30But many who are first [in this world] will be last [in the world to come]; and the last, first.
- Matthew 20:16So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last.”
Commentaries on Luke 17:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18This stranger - Often God receives more praise and affectionate obedience from those who had long lived without his knowledge and fear, than from those who were bred up among his people, and who profess to be called by his name. The simple reason is, Those who have Much forgiven will love much, Luke 7:47.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed the one who thus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-19This healing reveals the compassion and power of Jesus. In Luke, the blessings of salvation are joyfully received by many outside Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. Were there not ten cleansed--rather, were not the ten cleansed? that is, the whole of them--an example (by the way) of Christ's omniscience [Bengel].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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