Luke 18:38

So ¹  he called out, ²  “Jesus, Son of David, ³  have mercy ⁴  on me!”

He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

So he began shouting, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

He yelled, "Jesus! Son of David! Mercy, have mercy on me!"

And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

Then he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And he cried out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

So ¹  he called out, ²  “Jesus, Son of David, ³  have mercy ⁴  on me!”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the blind man learning that Jesus was nearby.

² tn Grk “called out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. He understood what Luke 7:22-23 affirms. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

⁴ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.