Afterward [ε ν τ ω κ α θ ε ξ η ς]. Rev., soon afterward. See on ch. Luke 7:11. Throughout every city and village [κ α τ α π ο λ ι ν κ α ι κ ω μ η ν]. Lit., by city and village. See on ver. 4. Preaching [κ η ρ υ σ σ ω ν]. Or proclaiming, as a herald. Compare ch. 4 18, and see on 1 Peter 2:5. And th... [ Continue Reading ]
Steward [ε π ι τ ρ ο π ο υ]. From ejpitrepw, to turn toward; thence to turn over to, transfer, and so commit or intrust to. The word thus literally means, one to whom the management of affairs is turned over. 4 - 18. Compare Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25.... [ Continue Reading ]
Out of every city [κ α τ α π ο λ ι ν]. City by city. Were come [ε π ι π ο ρ ε υ ο μ ε ν ω ν]. The present participle denoting something in progress. They kept coming. Rev., resorted.... [ Continue Reading ]
To sow. See on Matthew 13:3. His seed. Peculiar to Luke. By the way - side. See on Matthew 13:4. Was trodden down. A rendering which would apply better to standing grain. Render, as Rev., trodden under foot. Peculiar to Luke.... [ Continue Reading ]
The rock [τ η ν π ε τ ρ α ν]. Matthew has the rocky places, and Mark the rocky ground. Sprung up [φ υ ε ν]. Lit., having sprung up. Rev., better, grew. Sprung up is Matthew's ejxaneteilen. Only here and Hebrews 12:15, where it is a quotation from the Septuagint. See on Matthew 13:7. Moisture [ι κ... [ Continue Reading ]
Among [ε ν μ ε σ ω]. In the midst. Stronger than the simple ejn, in, as giving more prominence to the danger. Sprung up with it [σ υ μ φ υ ε ι σ α ι]. Only here in New Testament. See on ver. 6, and Matthew 13:7. The technical word among physicians for closing of wounds or ulcers, and uniting of ner... [ Continue Reading ]
A hundred - fold. Omitting the thirty and sixty of Matthew and Mark. See on Matthew 13:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mysteries. See on Matthew 13:11. Understand (suniwsin). See on understanding, the kindred noun, Mark 12:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
The parable is this. According to its interpretation.... [ Continue Reading ]
For awhile believe. See on Matthew 13:21. Matthew and Mark have endureth, or endure for a while. In time of temptation. Matthew and Mark have, when tribulation or persecution cometh. Fall away. Lit., withdraw or stand aloof. Matthew and Mark have stumble.... [ Continue Reading ]
Go forth [π ο ρ ε υ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. The present participle. Much better Rev., "they that have heard, and as they go on their way are choked," etc. Choked with [υ π ο, υ ν δ ε ρ]. Implying the impulse under which they pursue their course. Bring (no fruit) to perfection (telesforousin). Only here in N... [ Continue Reading ]
These are they which [ο υ τ ο ι ε ι σ ι ν ο ι τ ι ν ε ς]. Which denotes them as belonging to a class. Hence Rev., rightly, such as. Honest and good heart. Peculiar to Luke. Honest; lit., fair, noble. Honest, not in the popular sense, but in the sense of the Latin honestus; noble, virtuous, worthy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Candle [λ υ χ ν ο ν]. Rev., properly, lamp. See on Mark 4:21. Candlestick [λ υ χ ν ι α ς]. Correctly, as Rev., a stand. See on Matthew 5:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nothing is secret - manifest. Correctly rendered in A. V., but not so the parallel passage, Mark 4:22, on which see note.... [ Continue Reading ]
How ye hear [π ω ς]. The manner of hearing. Mark has ti, what ye hear; the matter. Seemeth [δ ο κ ε ι]. Peculiar to Luke. Rev. renders "thinketh he hath," as James 1:26, on which see note. Wyc., guesseth; Tynd., supposeth. 19 - 21. Compare Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35. Come at him [σ υ ν τ υ χ... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. Wyc. has, pass we over the standing water. On lake, see on ch. Luke 5:1. Launched forth [α ν η χ θ η σ α ν]. See on ch. Luke 5:3. The verb literally means to lead up; hence to lead up to the high sea, or take to sea; put to sea. It is the word used of... [ Continue Reading ]
He fell asleep [α φ υ π ν ω σ ε ν]. Very graphic. He fell off [α π ο] into sleep. Came down [κ α τ ε β η]. More vivid than either Matthew or Mark, who have there arose. The word describes the action of the sudden storms which literally came down from the heights surrounding the lake. See on Matthew... [ Continue Reading ]
Master. See on ch. Luke 5:5. Rebuked. Compare the more detailed narrative of Mark 4:39, and see notes there. Wyc., blamed. The raging [κ λ υ δ ω ν ι]. See on James 1:6. Arose [δ ι ε γ ε ρ θ ε ι ς]. Wrong. It is the word used just before, awoke. Lit., having been thoroughly awakened. Rev., correct... [ Continue Reading ]
He commandeth. Peculiar to Luke.... [ Continue Reading ]
They arrived [κ α τ ε π λ ε υ σ α ν]. The verb means literally to sail down from the sea to the shore. Compare launched forth, ver. 22. Only here in New Testament. The two prepositions, up and down, are used in our nautical terms bear up and bear down. See Introduction, on Luke's variety of words fo... [ Continue Reading ]
There met him out of the city. The words out of the city belong rather with a certain man. So Rev. Which had devils long time. The best texts insert kai, and, after devils (demons), and read "who had demons, and for a long time he had worn," etc. Long [ι κ α ν ω]. See on ch. Luke 7:16. Tombs. See... [ Continue Reading ]
Fell down [π ρ ο σ ε π ε σ ε ν]. Mark has prosekunhsen, which often implies religious or superstitious feeling, as Matthew 4:9; Matthew 4:10. This is the prostration of abject terror. Cried out [α ν α κ ρ α ξ α ς]. The compound verb with ajna, up, implies what is conveyed by our phrase, lifting up... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Better, for he was commanding. So the Am. Rev. It had seized [σ υ ν η ρ π α κ ε ι]. Used by Luke only. S... [ Continue Reading ]
Many devils were, etc. Compare Mark 5:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
Command them. The plural, referring to the legion. The deep [α β υ σ σ ο ν]. Lit., the bottomless. Transcribed into our abyss, as Rev. Mark has a quite different request, that he would not send them out of the country (v. 10). In Romans 10:7, used of Hades, to which Christ descended; and in Revelat... [ Continue Reading ]
Ran violently [ω ρ μ η σ ε ν]. Rev., more neatly, rushed. Only Mark gives the number of the swine, two thousand. A steep place. See on Matthew 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
He that was possessed with devils. Expressed in the Greek by two words, oJ daimonisqeiv, the demonized. Was healed [ε σ ω θ η]. See on ch. Luke 6:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
They were taken [σ υ ν ε ι χ ο ν τ ο]. See on ch. Luke 4:38. The same word as of the fever.... [ Continue Reading ]
Besought [ε δ ε ε τ ο]. Imperfect : was beseeching. See on prayers, ch. 5 33. Rev., prayed. Beseech is used to render parakalew (Mark 5:10). See on consolation, ch. 6 24. Parakalew, beseech, is used of prayer to God in only one instance, 2 Corinthians 12:8, where Paul besought the Lord to remove the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 σ α]. Lit., how many things, and thus according with recount. Declared all things throughout, as ma... [ Continue Reading ]
Jairus. The name of one of the Israelite chiefs, Jair, who conquered and settled Bashan (Numbers 32:41; Joshua 13:30). "His name lingered down to the time of the Christian era, when, in the same region as that which he conquered, we find a ruler of the synagogue named Jair" (Stanley, " Jewish Church... [ Continue Reading ]
Thronged [σ υ ν ε π ν ι γ ο ν]. With the idea of pressing together [σ υ ν] upon him : stifling. The simple verb is that rendered choke, as in vv. 8, 33.... [ Continue Reading ]
Had spent [π ρ ο σ α ν α λ ω σ α σ α]. Only here in New Testament. Some texts omit who had spent all here living upon physicians. Luke, with professional sensitiveness, omits Mark's statement that she had suffered many things from many physicians, and was not bettered but made worse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hem. See on Matthew 9:20. Stanched [ε σ τ η]. A common medical term.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who touched [τ ι ς ο α ψ α μ ε ν ο ς]. Lit., who is he that touched? Rev., who is it that. Throng and press [σ υ ν ε χ ο υ σ ι ν α π ο θ λ ι β ο υ σ ι ν]. On the former word, see ver. 37, and ch. 4 38. Rev. renders the latter, which occurs here only, more literally, crush. It means to squeeze out,... [ Continue Reading ]
Hath touched [η ψ α τ ο] - I perceive [ε γ ν ω ν]. Rev. renders the two aorists strictly : did touch, and I perceived, with reference to Jesus ' knowledge of the touch at the moment it was applied. Virtue [δ υ ν α μ ι ν]. Rev., power. The evangelists use the word frequently of miracles - mighty wor... [ Continue Reading ]
Falling down. Not in worship, but in terror. See on fell down, Luke 5:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
In peace. See on ch. Luke 7:50.... [ Continue Reading ]
From the ruler of the synagogue's house. A. V. and Rev. properly supply house, as the ruler himself is present with Jesus. Dead. Placed first in the Greek order, for emphasis. "Dead is thy daughter." Trouble. See on Matthew 9:36; Mark 5:35. Tyndale renders dis - ease, in the old verbal sense of di... [ Continue Reading ]
Wept and bewailed. Both imperfects, were weeping and bewailing. So, rightly, Rev. Compare on bewailing, Mark 5:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
Maid [η π α ι ς]. Instead of the unclassical korasion, damsel, of Matthew and Mark. :Luke 9 CHAPTER IX 1 - 6. Compare Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:7; Matthew 10:9-11; Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:7-13.... [ Continue Reading ]