Luke 18:43

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψεν, καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ, δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν: καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, ἰδὼν, ἔδωκεν αἶνον τῷ Θεῷ.

Transliteration

And parachrēma aneblepsen, and ēkolouthei him, doxazōn the Theon: and all the laos, idōn, edōken ainon to-the Theō.

Grammar Details

• *parachrēma*: adverb - immediately/instantly
• *aneblepsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - received sight
• *ēkolouthei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was following
• *doxazōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - glorifying
• *Theon*: accusative masculine singular - God
• *laos*: nominative masculine singular - people
• *idōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having seen
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - gave
• *ainon*: accusative masculine singular - praise
• *Theō*: dative masculine singular - to God

Word Meanings

• *parachrēma*: immediately/instantly/at once
• *aneblepsen*: received sight/saw again
• *ēkolouthei*: was following/accompanied [continuous action]
• *doxazōn*: glorifying/praising
• *laos*: people/crowd/multitude
• *idōn*: having seen/when they saw
• *edōken*: gave/offered
• *ainon*: praise/commendation

Referenced Verses

• Ps 30:2 : 2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.
• Ps 103:1-3 : 1 <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. 3 He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;
• Ps 107:8 : 8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
• Ps 107:15 : 15 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
• Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.
• Ps 107:31-32 : 31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! 32 Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.
• Ps 146:8 : 8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
• Isa 29:18-19 : 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark. 19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
• Isa 43:7-8 : 7 Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me. 8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
• Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
• Matt 9:28-30 : 28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you. 30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
• Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
• Matt 21:14 : 14 And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
• Luke 4:39 : 39 He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.
• Luke 5:26 : 26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
• Luke 13:17 : 17 And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.
• Luke 17:15-18 : 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice; 16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. 17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine? 18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?
• Luke 19:37 : 37 And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;
• John 9:5-7 : 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes, 7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
• John 9:39-40 : 39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. 40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
• Acts 4:21 : 21 And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Gal 1:24 : 24 And they gave glory to God in me.
• 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day. 11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete; 12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.