Paragraph 13:17

13:17a

When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated: The clause When Jesus said this gives not only the time but also the reason why Jesus’ opponents were humiliated. Another way to translate this is:

His answer made his enemies ashamed of themselves. (Good News Translation)

His adversaries were humiliated: The Greek clause that the Berean Standard Bible translates as His adversaries were humiliated means that Jesus’ opponents felt ashamed because Jesus had publicly shown that they were wrong.

13:17b

the whole crowd: The phrase the whole crowd refers to a different group from “his opponents” in 13:17a. It refers to the ordinary people rather than to the religious leaders. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

everyone else in the crowd (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
the rest of the people

rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing: The ordinary people were very happy to see the miracles Jesus was doing. Other ways to translate this verse part are:

But the entire crowd was happy about the miraculous things he was doing (God’s Word)
-or-
while all the other people rejoiced because of the amazing/glorious things that he was doing

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