Luke 8:38

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, see the notes at Mark 4:35; Mark 5:1....

Luke 8:38._And the men requested _The Gadarenes cannot endure to have Christ among them but he who has been delivered from the devil is desirous to leave his own country and follow him. Hence we learn how wide is the difference between the knowledge of the _goodness, _and the knowledge of the _power, _of God. _Power _strikes men with terror, makes them fly from the presence of God, and drives them to a distance from him: but _goodness _draws them gently, and makes them feel that nothing is more desirable than to be united to God. Why Christ refuses to have this man as one of his followers we cannot determine with certainty, if it was not that he expected the man to make himself more extensively useful by communicating to his Gentile countrymen the remarkable and extraordinary act of kindness which he had received; and this he actually did, as we are assured by Mark

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, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of this history concerning the world of infernal, malignant spirits, which though not working now exactly in the same way as then, yet all must at all times carefully guard against. And these malignant spirits are very numerous. They have enmity to man and all his comforts. Those under Christ's government are sweetly led with the bands of love; those under the devil's government are furiously driven. Oh what a comfort it is to the believer, that...

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23 notes, and Mark 5:1 notes....

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 way of life. From this time forward Jesus ceased to make Capernaum "his city," his usual residence; he now journeys with his little band of followers from place to place. From this time there was also a distinct change in the tone of his teaching. The Greek word rendered "afterward" is the same as that translated "in order" in Luke 1:3. SHOWING THE GLAD TIDINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The public work of Jesus may be well arranged under three hea

NOW THE MAN OUT OF WHOM THE DEVILS WERE DEPARTED,.... Sensible of the power of Christ, and of the favour he had received from him, was of a quite different mind from his countrymen: and BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE MIGHT BE WITH HIM; Mark 5:18. BUT JESUS SENT HIM AWAY; from him, into the country: SAYING, as follows....

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, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs._ To what a frightful state of wretchedness this poor creature was reduced by Satanic power! Yet he is only a picture of the state of mind into which many are brought through sin. They seem as if they could not live with their fellowmen; they have grown so mad through sin, so utterly beyond restraint, that they can scarcely be endured in ordinary society. Yet, as Christ healed this man, so he is equal to the cure of the worst case of spiritual and moral disease that may be brought before him. Luke 8:28. When he saw Jesus, he cried o

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. (Luke 8:19 .) 5. The Storm on the Lake. (Luke 8:22) 6. In the Country of the Gadarenes; the Maniac Healed. (Luke 8:26) 7. His Rejection by the Gadarenes. (Luke 8:37 .) 8. The Wo

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 9:18 *). Lk. follows Mk. with slight changes, _e.g._ the storm is not definitely an evening one; the demons ask that they should not be sent into the abyss (_i.e._ Tartarus, the prison-house of evil spirits, Revelation 20:1); Jairus-' daughter is an only child, _cf. Luke 7:12_,...

ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...