Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 8:29
For many times it had caught him — Therefore our compassionate Lord made the more haste to cast him out.
For many times it had caught him — Therefore our compassionate Lord made the more haste to cast him out.
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...
HE HAD COMMANDED. He was commanding. Imperfect tense. SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ See App-101. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 8:27; Luke 8:38; Luke 8:41, but the...
_he had commanded_ Rather, He commanded. _oftentimes Pollois chronois_usually means "_for a long time."_ he was kept bound with chains and in fetters This rendering misses a curious point in the nar...
ΠΑΡΉΓΓΕΛΛΕΝ. ‘He commanded.’ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ͂Σ ΧΡΌΝΟΙΣ usually means ‘_for a long time_.’ Comp. Plut. _Thess._ VI. πολλοῖς χρόνοις ὕστερον, ‘long afterwards.’ ΦΥΛΑΣΣΌΜΕΝΟΣ. ‘_Being kept under guard_.’ The A....
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...
ΠΑΡΉΓΓΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G3853) приказывать, повелевать. В ряде рукописей стоит _impf. от_ ΠΑΡΆΓΓΕΛΛΕΝ, который должен указывать на повторяющееся действие или быть инхоативным (Fitz...
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...
9-10 Compare Mat_13:10-17; Mar_4:10-13; Isa_6:9. 11-12 Compare Mat_13:18-19; Mar_4:14-15. 13 Compare Mat_13:20-21; Mar_4:16-17. 14-15 Compare Mat_13:22-23; Mar_4:18-20. 16-18 Compare Luk_11:33-36;...
8:29 often (c-16) Or 'Of a long time.'...
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...
(26-39) AND THEY ARRIVED AT THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES. — See Notes on Matthew 8:28, and Mark 5:1. Here again St. Mark and St. Luke agree in their order, and differ from St. Matthew. The better MSS....
DRIVEN OF THE DEVIL... — Better, _by the demon,_ to show that it is still the unclean spirit, and not the great Enemy, that is spoken of. INTO THE WILDERNESS. — The Greek word is plural, as in Luke 1...
παρήγγελλεν γὰρ : the command caused the cry of fear, and the fear is explained in the clause following, introduced by a second γὰρ. πολλοῖς χρόνοις, answers to πολλάκις in Mark 5:4, therefore presuma...
_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...
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, (k) and was driven of the d...
THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com
_The Encounter._ There are three readings of the name of the inhabitants, and unfortunately they are also found in both the other Syn. Epiphanius mentions the following forms: Γεργεσηνῶν in Mark and L...
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...
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...
FOR HE HAD COMMANDED THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT..... That had the rest of the devils under his authority, and power, TO COME OUT OF THE MAN; this he had done, either before, or just as he came up to him; Mar...
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, _thou_ Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 (For he had...
Luke 8:28, 30. The legion of devils besought Christ that he would not torment them, and that he would command them to go out into the deep. This shows that the devils had a very trembling expectation...
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....
IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GADARENES. The demoniac:...
(FOR HE HAD COMMANDED THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT TO COME OUT OF THE MAN. FOR OFTENTIMES IT HAD CAUGHT HIM; AND HE WAS KEPT BOUND WITH CHAINS AND IN FETTERS; AND HE BRAKE THE BANDS, AND WAS DRIVEN OF THE DEVIL...
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,...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 8:26...
Methodius Oration on the Psalms they heard that the demons had been put to flight; the sick restored to health[32]...
Luke 8:29 For G1063 commanded G3853 (G5707) (G5625) G3853 (G5656) unclean G169 spirit G4151 come...
‘For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him, and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, and breaking the bands asunder, he...
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...
3). JESUS IS REVEALED AS THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME WITH POWER (8:19-9:36). In this third part of Section 3 Jesus is Revealed as the glorious Messiah Who has come with power but will be involved in suf...
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...
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 8:29. FOR HE COMMANDED _,_ or, ‘was commanding.' This agrees with Mark's account. Our Lord was about to command, when the demoniac cried as in Luke 8:28. The parenthesis is not necessary. FOR g...
FOR HE COMMANDED (παρηγγελλεν γαρ). Imperfect active, correct text, for he was commanding.OFTEN TIMES (πολλοις χρονοις). Or "for a long time" like χρονω πολλω of verse Luke 8:27 (see Robertson, _...
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...
_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 8:29 HE HAD COMMANDED indicates that the demon did not come out the first time Jesus commanded it to (see note on Mark 5:8)....
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....
_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...
2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 19:12; Luke 9:39; Luke 9:42;...
He had commanded [π α ρ η γ γ ε λ λ ε ν]. Imperfect tense. Rev. does not improve by reading he commanded. The imperfect expresses the simultaneousness of the exorcism and the cry torment me not. Bette...
(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...