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Luke 9:39
39Sometimes a bad spirit takes hold of him and then he screams. The spirit throws his body first one way then another and water comes out of his mouth. The spirit gives him a lot of pain and it does not leave him alone very much.
Luke 9:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
- New International Version (NIV)A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.
Context of Luke 9:39
37The next day Jesus came down from the mountain with the three disciples. A large crowd met him. 38A man from the crowd shouted to him. ‘Teacher, please, I ask you to help my son. He is my only child. Sometimes a bad spirit takes hold of him and then he screams. The spirit throws his body first one way then another and water comes out of his mouth. The spirit gives him a lot of pain and it does not leave him alone very much. 40I asked your disciples to send the bad spirit out of him. But they could not do it.’ 41Jesus said, ‘You people today still do not believe in God. You have turned away from him. I have been with you for a long time and still you do not believe. It is difficult for me to be patient with you.’ Then Jesus said to the man, ‘Bring your son here.’
Read all of Luke 9Luke 9:39 word by word
καὶ ἰδοὺ πνεῦμα λαμβάνει αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξαίφνης κράζει καὶ σπαράσσει αὐτὸν μετὰ ἀφροῦ καὶ μόγις ἀποχωρεῖ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ συντρῖβον αὐτόν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- a spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- takethλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- heκράζωkrazō · to cryG2896
- suddenlyἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēs · suddenlyG1810
- it tearethσπαράσσωsparassō · to convulseG4682
- thatμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- he foameth againἀφρόςaphros · foamG876
- bruisingσυντρίβωsuntribō · to breakG4937
- hardlyμόγιςmogis · hardlyG3425
- departethἀποχωρέωapochōreō · to leaveG672
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
Cross-references for Luke 9:39
- Luke 4:35Jesus said to the spirit, ‘Be quiet! Come out of the man!’ Then the bad spirit caused the man to fall to the ground in front of the people. It came out of the man but it did not hurt him.
- Luke 8:29He said that because Jesus had already said to the bad spirit, ‘Come out of this man.’ The bad spirit had often taken hold of the man, so people watched him carefully. They held his feet with metal chains. But when the bad spirit took hold of him, he often broke the chains. The bad spirit then caused him to go into the wilderness.
- Mark 9:20So the people brought the boy to Jesus. When the bad spirit saw Jesus, it immediately caused the boy's body to shake strongly. The boy fell onto the ground and he rolled about. Water was coming from his mouth.
- John 8:44You belong to your father, the Devil, and you want to do the things that he wants. From the beginning, he has been someone who murders people. He refuses to accept the truth, because there is nothing true in him. When he tells lies, he is showing what he is really like. He always tells lies. He is the father of all lies.
- 1 Peter 5:8Think seriously about how you live. Watch carefully for danger. Remember that the Devil is your enemy. He wants to hurt you. He walks about like a hungry lion. He is looking for someone to kill and then eat them!
- Revelation 9:11The king that ruled them was the angel of the deep hole. His name is ‘Abaddon’ in the Hebrew language. In the Greek language his name is ‘Apollyon’.
Commentaries on Luke 9:39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39A spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out - . This very phrase is used by heathen writers, when they speak of supernatural influence. The following, from Herodotus, will make the matter, I hope, quite plain. Speaking of Scyles, king of the Scythians, who was more fond of Grecian manners and customs than of those of his countrymen, and who desired to be privately initiated into the Bacchic mysteries, he adds: "Now because the Scythians reproach the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37-43Verses 37-43 See this passage explained in the Matthew 17:14-21 notes, and Mark 9:14-29 notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-42Verses 37-42 How deplorable the case of this child! He was under the power of an evil spirit. Disease of that nature are more frightful than such as arise merely from natural causes. What mischief Satan does where he gets possession! But happy those that have access to Christ! He can do that for us which his disciples cannot. A word from Christ healed the child; and when our children recover from sickness, it is comfortable to receive them as healed by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39A spirit keeps seizing him: Demons sometimes cause physical sickness, such as not being able to walk or not being able to speak (13:11; 11:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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