Luke 17:17

Luke 17:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

Context of Luke 17:17

15Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.) Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19Then he said to the man, “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

Luke 17:17 word by word

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐχὶ οἱ δέκα ἐκαθαρίσθησαν; οἱ δὲ ἐννέα ποῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Were thereκαθαρίζωkatharizō · to cleanG2511
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• tenδέκαdeka · tenG1176
• whereποῦpou · where?G4226
• the nineἐννέαennea · nineG1767

Cross-references for Luke 17:17

• Genesis 3:9But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
• Psalms 106:13They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.
• John 8:7When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
• Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Commentaries on Luke 17:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Where are the nine? - Where are the numbers that from time to time have been converted to God? Are they still found praising him, with their faces on the dust, as they did at first? Alas! how many are turned back to perdition! and how many are again mingled with the world! Reader! art thou of this number?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Where are the nine? - Jesus had commanded them to go to the priest, and they were probably “literally” obeying the commandment. They were impatient to be healed and “selfish” in wishing it, and had no gratitude to God or their Benefactor. Jesus did not “forbid” their expressing gratitude to him for his mercy; he rather seems to reprove them for “not” doing it. One of the first feelings of the sinner cleansed from sin is a desire to praise his Great…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

Topics related to Luke 17:17

• Faith
• Ingratitude
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Samaria

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Year

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