Luke 8:41

And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 5:21....

41-56 Let us not complain of a crowd, and a throng, and a hurry, as long as we are in the way of our duty, and doing good; but otherwise every wise man will keep himself out of it as much as he can. And many a poor soul is healed, and helped, and saved by Christ, that is hidden in a crowd, and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling, where yet there is saving faith. Observe Christ's comfortable words to Jairus, Fear not, believe only, and thy daughter shall be made whole. No less hard was it not to grieve for the loss of an only child, than not to fear the continuance of that grief. But in perfect faith there is no fear; the more we fear, the less we believe. The hand of Christ's grace goes with the calls of his word, to make them effectual. Christ commanded to give her meat. As babes new born, so those newly raised from sin, desire s...

Verse 41. _A MAN NAMED JAIRUS_] See these two miracles-the raising of Jairus's daughter, and the cure of the afflicted woman - considered and explained at large, on Matthew 9:18, and Mark 5:22....

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:18, and Mark 5:21....

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

AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A MAN NAMED JAIRUS,.... Mark 5:22. AND HE WAS A RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE; at Capernaum; and it was the more remarkable, that such an one should come to Christ, and express any regard to his person, or faith in his power, and therefore a "behold" is prefixed to this account; Matthew 9:18. AND HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' FEET; showing great reverence and humility, and as Matthew says, "worshipped him"; if not in a religious, yet in a civil way: AND BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD COME INTO HIS HOUSE; which was at some distance from thence, as appears by what 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)...