Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Luke 8:39
Throughout the whole city. — The city was, of course, according to the reading adopted, Gerasa, or Gadara.
Throughout the whole city. — The city was, of course, according to the reading adopted, Gerasa, or Gadara.
See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23 notes, and Mark 5:1 notes....
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. ...
WONDER STORIES: the tempest, the demoniac and the swine, Jairus-' daughter, and the woman with hemorrhage (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:43 *, Matthew 8:23 *, Matthew 9:1
ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...
They came in their voyage to the district of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. When Jesus had disembarked on the land there met him a man from the town who had demons. For a long t...
TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 8:19; Luke 8:25; Luke 8:27. Luk 8:-35. SHEW. tell: tell the whole story. HOW GREAT THINGS. whatsoever. AND PUBLISHED. proclaimin...
_shew how great things God hath done unto thee_ This command valuably illustrates one of the _reasons_ why our Lord commanded reticence in other instances. To the region of Gadara He did not intend to...
ΔΙΗΓΟΥ͂. This command valuably illustrates one of the _reasons_ why our Lord commanded reticence in other instances. To the region of Gadara He did not intend to return, and therefore the proclamation...
THE GERGESENE DEMONIAC...
Ver 26. And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes which is over against Galilee. 27. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and...
ΎΠΌΣΤΡΕΦΕ _praes. imper. act., см._ Luke 8:37. ΔΙΗΓΟΎ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΗΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G1334) рассказывать, описывать. ΆΠΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 8:31. ΚΗΡΎΣΣΩΝ _praes. act. part.,...
SHEW HOW GREAT THINGS GOD HATH DONE UNTO THEE.— The divinity of our Saviour is strongly and emphatically expressed in this verse; where what _Jesus had done,_ is placed in direct and immediate apposit...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 In Evil Spirits (Luke 8:26-39) 26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from...
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. For the exposition...
34-37 Compare Mat_8:33-34; Mar_5:14-17. 34 It is evident that the Gergesenes thought more of their hogs than of human beings. It is likely that there were other herds and other lawless practices which...
THE DEMONIAC IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES (RV 'Gerasenes') (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1). See on Mt, Mk....
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk)....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 THE WOMEN WHO HELPED JESUS 8:1-3 V1 Soon afterwards, Jesus travelled round the towns and villages. He brought the good news about the *kingdom of G...
ὑπόστρεφε : it was good for the man that he should return to his home and people, and tell them what had befallen him through the mercy of God (ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεός). It was good for the people also. T...
_The sequel_. Lk. tells the second part of the story very much as it is given in Mk., with slight stylistic variations. In Luke 8:36 he substitutes the expression πῶς ἐσώθη ὁ δαιμονισθείς, how the dem...
_The demoniac of Gerasa_ (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20)....
“GREAT THINGS” FOR ONE IN GREAT NEED Luke 8:26-39 _The victim._ In referring to but one demoniac the evangelist would probably concentrate attention on the more prominent of the two mentioned by Matt...
Luke here refers to our Lord's journeyings, and reveals the interesting and beautiful fact of how women of wealth provided for him on the material level, ministering to Him of their substance. At this...
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published (l) throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. (l) That is, t...
THE LEGIONAIRE TURNS PREACHER “And the man out of whom the demons had gone, besought Him that he should be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to your own home, and explain how many thi...
_The Effect produced._ First, on the people of the country; next, on the afflicted man. The owners of the herd dwelt in the city and neighbourhood. They came to convince themselves with their own eyes...
10. _The Healing of the Demoniac: Luke 8:26-39_. This portion brings before us a storm no less difficult to still, and a yet more striking victory. Luke and Mark mention only one demoniac; Matthew spe...
(26) And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. (27) And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_TESTIMONY AT HOME_ ‘Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.’ Luke 8:39 The work of man’s testimony should begin at home (cf. the order in Acts 1:8). I. TESTI...
39._Relate those things which God hath done for thee_. He bids him _relate _not his own work, but the work of _God _His design in doing so is, that he may be acknowledged to be the true minister and p...
In chapter 8 the Lord explains the import and the effect of His ministry; and especially, I doubt not, its effect among the Jews. However great the unbelief, Jesus carries on His work to the end, and...
RETURN TO THINE OWN HOUSE,.... Which very likely was in the city of Gadara, whither he went, and throughout the whole of which he published the account of the dispossession of the devils from him: Mar...
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. Ver. 39. _Show how...
See the contents of these verses explained at large, on Matthew 8:28; and Mark 5:1. _I beseech thee, torment me not_ Let me continue where I am, and do not, before my time, cast me into the place of t...
The legion of devils. Matthew 8:28-34....
The consequences:...
RETURN TO THINE OWN HOUSE, AND SHOW HOW GREAT THINGS GOD HATH DONE UNTO THEE. AND HE WENT HIS WAY, AND PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY HOW GREAT THINGS JESUS HAD DONE, UNTO HIM. The swineherds wer...
WOMEN PROVIDING FOR THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-3) The grace of the heart of the Lord Jesus must be made known through all the country, though not yet in its fullness, nor as resulting from the value of the...
22-40 Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath,...
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Luke 8:39 Return G5290 (G5720) to G1519 own G4675 house G3624 and G2532 tell G1334 (G5737) things...
‘And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.' The man obediently went on his way, and told everywhere what Jesus had done for him. So the spread...
‘But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying, “Return to your house, and declare how great things God has done for you.” ' There w...
JESUS RAISES THE DEAD, REVEALING HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER DEATH (8:30-56). Having been rejected by His own family, and having revealed His power and authority by quelling the storm and raging sea,...
JESUS REVEALS HIS AUTHORITY OVER THE LEGION OF DEMONS THAT POSSESSED THE GADARENE DEMONIAC (8:26-39). Disembarking from the boat in the country of the Gerasenes, fresh from His triumph at sea, Jesus i...
The voyage across the lake, the storm, the demoniac in the country of the Gerasenes (Gergesenes). Luke is indefinite as to time (Luke 8:22), but it was the evening of the day on which the discourse in...
Luke 8:26-39. THE HEALING OF THE FIERCE DEMONIAC. See on Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20. The latter account is the fullest, and Luke's agrees more closely with it Gergesenes _._ So Tischendorf reads, bu...
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY (καθ' ολην την πολιν). Mark 5:20 has it "in Decapolis." He had a great story to tell and he told it with power. The rescue missions in our cities can match this incident w...
Luke 8:26. _And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, an...
CONTENTS: Jesus preaching and healing in Galilee. Parable of the sower, the lighted candle. Stilling of the waves. Demons cast out of man of Gadara. Healing of a woman. Raising of Jairus' daughter. C...
Luke 8:2. _Mary, called Magdalene._ Origen reckons three women who anointed the Saviour. The first, in the house of Simon the pharisee. Luke 7:37. The second, the woman who anointed him six days befor...
A MAN FROM TOWN WHO HAD DEMONS IN HIM. See notes on Matthew 8:28-34. The incident with the pigs proves the demons were not "make-believe." [Some scholars believe such demon possession disappeared afte...
_Return to thine own house_ THE BLESSEDNESS OF ACTIVE SERVICE The words of this refusal seem to suggest to us its cause; for instead of staying with Him, our Lord bade the lately possessed man go ho...
_A certain man who had devils long time_ THE DEMONIAC IN THE TOMBS AS HE RESEMBLES THE UNCONVERTED SINNER Observe the parallel that exists between this poor demoniac and the unconverted sinner. I....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 8:38 DECLARE HOW MUCH GOD HAS DONE.... PROCLAIMING... HOW MUCH JESUS HAD DONE. Jesus has the same status as God (compare Luke 9:
JESUS SENDS THE DEMONS INTO A HERD OF PIGS MATTHEW 8:28-34; MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39; MATTHEW 8:28 And when he was come to the other side
CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _And the twelve_ (apostles) _were with Him, i.e._ they accompanied Jesus as He went through the cities and villages preaching....
VER. 39. _They answered_, &c. Because Christ seemed to imply that they had another father, they wished to learn from Him who he was. We own Abraham, and none other as our father. _Jesus saith unto the...
_Return to thy own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee_, by means of Me, that therefore acknowledging Me to be the Messiah, and laying aside their bitter feeling because of the lo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 8:26. COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES.—Rather, “of the Gerasenes” (R.V.). There is no doubt that the place mentioned is Kerzha or Gersa—now a ruined city near the sea opposite to Capern...
EXPOSITION LUKE 8:1 _St. Luke_'_s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus._ LUKE 8:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's wa...
And it came to pass afterward, as he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been h...
1 Timothy 5:8; Daniel 4:1; Daniel 4:34; Deuteronomy 10:21; John 4:29;
Shew [δ ι η γ ο υ]. Rather relate, recount, with the idea of telling the story throughout [δ ι α]. See on declaration, ch. 1 1. Throughout the whole city. Mark says in Decapolis. How great things [ο...
(CF. MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39)— Where were the demoniacs healed? PROBLEM: The first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) each give an account of Jesus healing demoniacs. Matthew states that the pl...