As ¹  Jesus ²  approached ³  Jericho, ⁴  a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

biblegateway Luk 18:35

As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting on the side of the road begging.

biblegateway Luk 18:35

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

bibleoremus Luk 18:35

As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

As he approached Jericho a blind man sat at the roadside begging.

biblegateway Luk 18:35

Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

biblegateway Luk 18:35

As ¹  Jesus ²  approached ³  Jericho, ⁴  a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

¹ tn Grk “Now it happened that as.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The phrase is “he drew near to” (19:29; 24:28). It is also possible the term merely means “is in the vicinity of.” Also possible is a reversal in the timing of the healing and Zacchaeus events for literary reasons as the blind man “sees” where the rich man with everything did not.

⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.