Matthew 21 · Verse 14

Matthew 21:14

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Matthew 21:14, King James Version

Matthew 21:14 in other translations

BSBThe blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
WEBThe lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
ASVAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
YLTAnd there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,
DARBYAnd blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
BBEAnd the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
WebsterAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

What does Matthew 21:14 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 14.

(e) "and he healed them" Isa 35:6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The blind and the lame came - Having condemned the profane use of the temple, he now shows the proper use of it. It is a house of prayer, where God is to manifest his goodness and power in giving sight to the spiritually blind, and feet to the lame. The Church or chapel in which the blind and the lame are not healed has no Christ in it, and is not worthy of attendance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 21:12-17

Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers. Our Lord drove them from the place, as he had done at his entering upon his ministry, Joh 2:13-17. His works testified of him more than the hosannas; and his healing in the temple was the fulfilling the promise, that the glory of the latter house should be…

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Matthew 21:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
προσῆλθονprosēlthoncameG4334
αὐτῷautōto HimG846
τυφλοὶtuphloiblindG5185
καὶkaiandG2532
χωλοὶchōloilameG5560
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷ,hi'erōtemple,G2411
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenHe healedG2323
αὐτούς.autousthem.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 21:14

  • Acts 3:1-9

    Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. …

  • Acts 10:38

    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  • Matthew 9:35

    And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

  • Isaiah 35:5

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  • Matthew 11:4-5

    Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

  • Matthew 4:23

    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:35; 11:4,5; Isa 35:5; Ac 3:1-9; 10:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 21:13

    And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  • Matthew 21:14

    And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

  • Matthew 21:15

    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

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Matthew 21:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces vinieron á él ciegos y cojos en el templo, y los sanó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et des aveugles et des boiteux vinrent à lui dans le temple, et il les guérit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es traten Blinde und Lahme in dem Tempel zu ihm, und er heilte sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et accesserunt ad eum cæci, et claudi in templo: et sanavit eos.