Luke 18:42 Meaning and Explanation
“And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.”
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What Does Luke 18:42 Mean?
No touch is recorded — only the command, and the power that first made the eye remakes it. Then Jesus interprets what has happened: 'thy faith hath saved thee.' The man's trust did not earn the miracle; it received what mercy held out — the open, empty hands this chapter has praised from its first parable.
The word for 'saved' reaches beyond the healing of two eyes; it speaks of being made whole. And here, quietly, is the answer to Jesus' question in verse 8 — when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth? He found it on the Jericho road, in a blind man who would not stop crying out.
Luke 18:42 in the Original Language
sozo (σῴζω), 'saved' -- to save, to heal, to make whole.
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What does Luke 18:42 mean?
Jesus heals him with a word: Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee.