Luke 17:18

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

16He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan. 17Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.” 20One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs.

Luke 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 29:1Honor the Lord, you heavenly beings; honor the Lord for his glory and strength.
• Psalms 50:23But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
• Psalms 106:13Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!
• Isaiah 42:12Let the whole world glorify the Lord; let it sing his praise.
• Revelation 14:7“Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.”
• Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!
• Matthew 15:24Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
• Matthew 19:30But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.
• Matthew 20:16“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be 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

Topics related to Luke 17:18

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Samaritans
• Glory
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Stranger and Sojourner (in the Apocrypha and the New Testament)
• 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