English Standard Version
Luke 8:39
39"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Luke 8:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
- New International Version (NIV)“Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.
Context of Luke 8:39
37Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. 40Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house,
Read all of Luke 8Luke 8:39 word by word
ὑπόστρεφε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ διηγοῦ ὅσα σοι ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός. καὶ ἀπῆλθεν καθ᾽ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν κηρύσσων ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Returnὑποστρέφωhupostrephō · to returnG5290
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- thine ownσύsu · youG4771
- houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- shewδιηγέομαιdiēgeomai · to relate fullyG1334
- how great thingsὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- hath doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- he went his wayἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
- and publishedκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
- throughoutκατάkata · according toG2596
- the wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
Cross-references for Luke 8:39
- 1 Timothy 5:8But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Luke 17:15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.
- Psalms 66:16Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
- Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."
- Daniel 4:1King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!
- Mark 1:45But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
- John 4:29"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
Commentaries on Luke 8:39
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 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, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39Return home: The role of disciples is to proclaim to the world what Jesus has done for them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 8
- 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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