Matthew 12:23 “The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?””

Matthew 12:23

The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

World English Bible

All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”

American Standard Version

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?

Geneva Bible 1599

And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?

Darby Translation

And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the Son of David?

Young's Literal Translation

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?'

Bible in Basic English

And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

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Cross references

“the people”

Matthew 9:33 Matthew 15:30 Matthew 15:31

Matthew 9:33 · BSB

And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

Matthew 15:30 · BSB

Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

Matthew 15:31 · BSB

The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

“Is not”

Matthew 9:27 John 4:29 Matthew 21:9 John 7:40–42 Matthew 15:22 Matthew 22:42

Matthew 9:27 · BSB

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

John 4:29 · BSB

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

Matthew 21:9 · BSB

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

John 7:40–42 · BSB

On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

Matthew 15:22 · BSB

And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

Matthew 22:42 · BSB

“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

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