Luke 5:17

ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν, a phrase as vague as a note of time as that in Luke 5:12 as a note of place. καὶ αὐτὸς, etc., and He was teaching; the Hebraistic paratactic construction so common in Lk. Note καὶ ἦσαν and καὶ δύναμις Κ. ἦν following. νομοδιδάσκαλοι, teachers of the law, Lk.'s equivalent for γραμματεῖς. The Pharisees and lawyers appear here for the first time in Lk., and they appear in force a large gathering from every village of Galilee, from Judaea, and from Jerusalem. Jesus had preached in the synagogues of Galilee where the scribes might have an opportunity of hearing Him. But this extensive gathering of these classes at this time is not accounted for fully in Lk. Not till later does such a gathering occur in Mk. (Mark 3:22). αὐτόν, the reading in [48] [49] [50] gives quite a good sense; it is accusative before ἰᾶσθαι = the power of the Lord (God) was present to the effect or intent that He (Jesus) should heal.

[48] Codex Sinaiticus (sæc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.

[49] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

[50] Codex Regius--eighth century, represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with א and B.