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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed 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.

Context of Luke 6:19

17Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, 18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured. The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. 20Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you. 21“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will 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 21:8The Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
• 2 Kings 13:21One day some men were burying a man when they spotted a raiding party. So they threw the dead man into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man came to life and stood on his feet.
• Matthew 9:20But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
• Matthew 14:36They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
• Mark 3:10For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.
• Mark 6:56And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
• Mark 8:22Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.
• John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
• Acts 5:15Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.
• Acts 19:12so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Luke 8:45Then Jesus asked, “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”
• Mark 5:30Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one 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