God’s Word Translation
Luke 8:39
39“Go home to your family, and tell them how much God has done for you.” So the man left. He went through the whole city and told people 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
- 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.
Context of Luke 8:39
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. 38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged him, “Let me go with you.” But Jesus sent the man away and told him, “Go home to your family, and tell them how much God has done for you.” So the man left. He went through the whole city and told people how much Jesus had done for him. 40When Jesus came back, a crowd welcomed him. Everyone was expecting him. 41A man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, arrived and quickly bowed down in front of Jesus. He begged Jesus to come to his home.
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 5:8If anyone doesn’t take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Luke 17:15When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back and praised God in a loud voice.
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is your glory. He is your God, who did for you these spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds you saw with your own eyes.
- Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.
- Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said, “The Lord has done spectacular things for them.”
- Daniel 4:1From King Nebuchadnezzar. To the people of every province, nation, and language in the world. I wish you peace and prosperity.
- Mark 1:45When the man left, he began to talk freely. He spread his story so widely that Jesus could no longer enter any city openly. Instead, he stayed in places where he could be alone. But people still kept coming to him from everywhere.
- John 4:29“Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?”
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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