Luke 4:42

Luke 4:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
• New International Version (NIV)At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;

Context of Luke 4:42

40When the sun was setting, everyone who had friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and cured them. 41Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah. In the morning he went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds searched for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving. 43But he said to them, “I have to tell the Good News about God’s kingdom in other cities also. That’s what I was sent to do.” 44So he spread his message in the synagogues of Judea.

Luke 4:42 word by word

Γενομένης δὲ ἡμέρας ἐξελθὼν ἐπορεύθη εἰς ἔρημον τόπον, καὶ οἱ ὄχλοι ἐπεζήτουν αὐτὸν καὶ ἦλθον ἕως αὐτοῦ καὶ κατεῖχον αὐτὸν τοῦ μὴ πορεύεσθαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when it wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• he departedἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• and wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a desertἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• stayedκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• that he should notμήmē · notG3361
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575

Cross-references for Luke 4:42

• Luke 6:12At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
• Mark 1:35In the morning, long before sunrise, Jesus went to a place where he could be alone to pray.
• John 4:34Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.
• Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard about John, he left in a boat and went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds heard about this and followed him on foot from the cities.
• Mark 1:37When they found him, they told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
• Mark 6:33But many people saw them leave and recognized them. The people ran from all the cities and arrived ahead of them.
• John 6:24When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to the city of Capernaum to look for Jesus.
• Luke 8:37Then all the people from the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave because they were terrified. Jesus got into a boat and started back.
• Luke 24:29They urged him, “Stay with us! It’s getting late, and the day is almost over.” So he went to stay with them.
• John 4:40So when the Samaritans went to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed in Samaria for two days.

Commentaries on Luke 4:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42And the people sought him - Rather, Sought him earnestly. Instead of , sought, I read, , earnestly sought. This reading is supported by ABCDFLMS - V, and more than seventy others. Wetstein and Griesbach have both received it into the text. The people had tasted the good word of God, and now they cleave to Christ with their whole heart. Hearing the words of Christ, and feeling the influence of his Spirit upon the soul, will attract and influence the heart…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-44Verses 31-44 See this explained in the notes at Mark 1:21-39.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-44Verses 31-44 Christ's preaching much affected the people; and a working power went with it to the consciences of men. These miracles showed Christ to be a controller and conqueror of Satan, a healer of diseases. Where Christ gives a new life, in recovery from sickness, it should be a new life, spent more than ever in his service, to his glory. Our business should be to spread abroad Christ's fame in every place, to beseech him in behalf of those diseased…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4242. stayed him--"were staying Him," or sought to do it. What a contrast to the Gadarenes! The nature of His mission required Him to keep moving, that all might hear the glad tidings (Mt 8:34).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:42

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ

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Commentaries on Luke 4

• 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