KJV ORIGINAL
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then this man from the crowd called out, 'Teacher, please — I'm begging you to help my son. He's my only child.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
A desperate dad putting his heart on the line for his only kid — that's love that moves mountains.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Luke was traditionally authored by Luke, a companion of Paul, for Theophilus and a broader Gentile audience around the mid-to-late 1st century CE. It was compiled to offer an orderly and reliable historical account of Jesus's life, teachings, death, and resurrection.
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