And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. AND THEY CAME OVER UNTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA, INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES. [Lachmann, Tischendorf, and Tregelles read here and in the corresponding passage of Luke () "Gerasenes" - Geraseenoon (G1085a... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, AND WHEN HE WAS COME OUT OF THE SHIP, IMMEDIATELY (SEE ) THERE MET HIM A MAN WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT - "which had devils (or 'demons') long time" (). In Matthew (), "there met Him two me... [ Continue Reading ]
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: WHO HAD HIS DWELLING AMONG THE TOMBS. Luke says, "He ware no clothes, neither abode in any house." These tombs were hewn out of the rocky caves of the locality, and served for shelters and lurking-places ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. BECAUSE THAT HE HAD BEEN OFTEN BOUND WITH FETTERS AND CHAINS, AND THE CHAINS HAD BEEN PLUCKED ASUNDER BY HIM, AND THE FET... [ Continue Reading ]
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. AND ALWAYS, NIGHT AND DAY, HE WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE TOMBS, CRYING, AND CUTTING HIMSELF WITH STONES. Terrible as he was to others, he himself endured untold misery, which soug... [ Continue Reading ]
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, BUT WHEN HE SAW JESUS AFAR OFF, HE RAN AND WORSHIPPED HIM - not with the spontaneous alacrity which says to Jesus, "Draw me, we will run after thee," but inwardly compelled, with terrific rapidity, before the Judge, to receive sentence o... [ Continue Reading ]
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, JESUS, SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD? I ADJURE THEE BY GOD, THAT THOU TORMENT ME NOT - or... [ Continue Reading ]
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. (FOR HE SAID UNTO HIM [THAT IS, BEFORE THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT CRIED OUT], COME OUT OF THE MAN, UNCLEAN SPIRIT!) Ordinarily, obedience to a command of this nature was immediate. But here, a certain delay is permitted, the more signally t... [ Continue Reading ]
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. AND HE ASKED, WHAT IS THY NAME? The object of this question was to extort an acknowledgment of the virulence of demoniacal power by which this victim was enthralled. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING, MY NAM... [ Continue Reading ]
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. AND HE BESOUGHT HIM MUCH THAT HE WOULD NOT SEND THEM AWAY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. The entreaty, it will be observed, was made by one spirit, but in behalf of many - "he besought Him not to send them," etc.-just as in the f... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. NOW THERE WAS THERE, NIGH UNTO THE MOUNTAINS, [ pros (G4314) ta (G3588) oree (G3735)] - rather, 'to the mountain' [ pros (G4314) too (G3588) orei (G3735)], according to what is clearly the true reading. In Matt. 7:30 they... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. AND ALL THE DEVILS BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING ["IF THOU CAST US OUT" ( )], SEND US INTO THE SWINE, THAT WE MAY ENTER INTO THEM. Had they spoken out all their mind, perhaps this would have been it: 'If we must... [ Continue Reading ]
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. AND FORTHWITH JESUS GAVE THEM LEAVE. In Matthew this is given with majestic b... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. AND THEY THAT FED THE SWINE FLED, AND TOLD IT - "told everything, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils" (), IN THE CITY, AND IN THE COUNTRY. AND TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. AND THEY COME TO JESUS. Matthew (Matthew 8:34) says, "Behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus." AND SEE HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED WITH... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. AND THEY THAT SAW IT TOLD THEM HOW IT BEFELL TO HIM THAT WAS POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL ('THE DEMONIZED PERSON') AND ALSO CONCERNING THE SWINE. Thus had they the double testimony o... [ Continue Reading ]
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. AND THEY BEGAN TO PRAY HIM TO DEPART OUT OF THEIR COASTS. Was it the owners only of the valuable property now lost to them that did this? Alas, no! For Luke (Luke 8:37) says, "Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. AND WHEN HE WAS COME INTO THE SHIP, HE THAT HAD BEEN POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL, [`he that had been demonized'-the word is not now daimonizomenos (G1139), but daimonistheis (G1139)]... [ Continue Reading ]
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. HOWBEIT JESUS SUFFERED HIM NOT, BUT SAITH UNTO HIM, GO HOME TO THY FRIENDS, AND TELL THEM HOW GREAT THINGS THE LORD HATH DONE FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. AND HE DEPARTED, AND BEGAN TO PUBLISH - not only among his friends, to whom Jesus more immediately sent him, but "in Decapolis" - so called, as being a region of ten cities. (See t... [ Continue Reading ]
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. AND WHEN JESUS WAS PASSED OVER AGAIN BY SHIP UNTO THE OTHER SIDE - from the Gadarene side of the lake, where He had parted with the healed demoniac, to the west side, at... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, AND, BEHOLD, THERE COMETH ONE OF THE RULERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE - of which class there were but few who believed in Jesus (John 7:48). One would suppose from this that the ruler ha... [ Continue Reading ]
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. AND BESOUGHT HIM GREATLY, SAYING, MY LITTLE DAUGHTER, [ thugatrion (G2365)]. Luke (Luke 8:42) says, "He had one only daughter,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. AND JESUS WENT WITH HIM; AND MUCH PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM, AND THRONGED HIM, [ sunethlibon (G4918)]. The word in Luke is stronger [ sunepnigon (G4846)] - 'choked,' 'stifled Him.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A CERTAIN WOMAN, WHICH HAD AN ISSUE OF BLOOD TWELVE YEARS,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, AND HAD SUFFERED MANY THINGS OF MANY PHYSICIANS, [ polla (G4183) pathousa (G3958)]. The expression perhaps does not necessarily refer to the suffering she endured und... [ Continue Reading ]
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. WHEN SHE HAD HEARD OF JESUS, CAME. This was the right experiment at last. What had she "heard of Jesus"? No doubt it was His marvelous cures she had heard of; and the hearing of these, in connection with her bitter e... [ Continue Reading ]
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. FOR SHE SAID - "WITHIN HERSELF" ( ), IF I MAY TOUCH BUT HIS CLOTHES, I SHALL BE WHOLE - that is, if I may but come in contact with this glorious Healer at all. Remarkable faith this!... [ Continue Reading ]
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. AND STRAIGHTWAY THE FOUNTAIN OF HER BLOOD WAS DRIED UP. Not only was "her issue of blood stanched" (), but the cause of it was thoroughly removed, insomuch that by her bodily sens... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? AND JESUS, IMMEDIATELY KNOWING IN HIMSELF THAT VIRTUE (OR 'EFFICACY' [ dunamin (G1411 )]) HAD GONE OUT OF HIM. He was conscious of the forthgoing of His hea... [ Continue Reading ]
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? AND HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM. Luke says (Luke 8:45), "When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him, said, Master" [ Epistata (G1983)], THOU SEEST THE MULTITUDE THRONGING THEE, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. AND HE LOOKED ROUND ABOUT TO SEE HER THAT HAD DONE THIS THING - not for the purpose of summoning forth a culprit, but, as we shall presently see, to obtain from the healed one a testimony to what He had done for her.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. BUT THE WOMAN, FEARING AND TREMBLING, KNOWING WHAT WAS DONE IN HER - alarmed, as a humble, shrinking female would naturally be, at the necessity of so public an exposure... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. AND HE SAID UNTO HER, DAUGHTER ["BE OF GOOD COMFORT" ( )], THY FAITH HATH MADE THEE WHOLE; GO IN PEACE, AND BE WHOLE OF THY PLAGUE. Though healed as soon as she believed, it seemed to her a s... [ Continue Reading ]
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? WHILE HE YET SPAKE, THERE CAME FROM THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE'S HOUSE CERTAIN WHICH SAID, THY DAUGHTER IS DEAD: WHY TROUBLEST THOU THE MAST... [ Continue Reading ]
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN, HE SAITH UNTO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, BE NOT AFRAID, ONLY BELIEVE. Jesus knowing how the heart of the agonized father would... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SUFFERED NO MAN TO FOLLOW HIM, SAVE PETER, AND JAMES, AND JOHN THE BROTHER OF JAMES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. AND HE COMETH - rather 'they come' [ erchontai (G2064) has much better support than erchetai (G2064)] - to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. AND WHEN HE WAS COME IN, HE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY MAKE YE THIS ADO, AND WEEP? THE DAMSEL IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH - so brief her state of death as to be more like a short sleep.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. AND THEY LAUGHED HIM TO SCORN, [ kategeloon (G2606) autou (G846)] - rather, simply, 'laughed at Him' - "kno... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. AND HE TOOK THE DAMSEL BY THE HAND [AS HE DID PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW (MARK 1:31 )] AND SAID UNTO HER, TALITHA CUMI. The words are Aramaic, or Syro-Chaldaic, the then la... [ Continue Reading ]
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. AND STRAIGHTWAY THE DAMSEL, [ to (G3588) korasion (G2877)]. The word here is different from that in Mark 5:39 [ to (G3588) paidion (G3813)], and signifies 'yo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. AND HE CHARGED THEM STRAITLY (OR STRICTLY), THAT NO MAN SHOULD KNOW IT. The only reason we can assign for this is His desire not to let the public feeling regarding Him come too prec... [ Continue Reading ]