Luke 6:19

Luke 6:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
• New International Version (NIV)and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.

Context of Luke 6:19

17And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all. 20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:19 word by word

καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐζήτουν ἅπτεσθαι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι δύναμις παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξήρχετο, καὶ ἰᾶτο πάντας.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the wholeπᾶςpas · allG3956
• multitudeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to touchἅπτωhaptomai · to touchG680
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• there wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• virtueδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• outπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• healedἰάομαιiaomai · to healG2390

Cross-references for Luke 6:19

• Numbers 21:8And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."
• 2 Kings 13:21And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
• Matthew 9:20And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,
• Matthew 14:36and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
• Mark 3:10for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.
• Mark 6:56And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
• Mark 8:22And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.
• John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
• Acts 5:15so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
• Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
• Luke 8:45And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!"
• Mark 5:30And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Commentaries on Luke 6:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Virtue - Healing power. See the notes at Mark 5:30.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose time, but to make the end of one good duty the beginning of another. The twelve apostles are here named; never were men so privileged, yet one of them had a devil, and proved a traitor. Those who have not faithful preaching near them, had better travel far…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-49The main theme of the great sermon of Jesus is that those who repent and enter the kingdom of God will live in a truly righteous way.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. healed--kept healing, denoting successive acts of mercy till it went over "all" that needed. There is something unusually grand and pictorial in this touch of description.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 6:19

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sermon
• Virtue

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Gospels
• Hate
• Reproach
• Thanks
• Unthankful
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Miracle
• Virtue
• the twelve, the eleven

Commentaries on Luke 6

• 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