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 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 crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, 18as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. 20Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. 21Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. 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 21:8Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”
• 2 Kings 13:21So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
• Matthew 9:20And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.
• Matthew 14:36and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
• Mark 3:10For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.
• Mark 6:56Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.
• Mark 8:22Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.
• John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
• Acts 5:15so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.
• Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Luke 8:45And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
• Mark 5:30And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises 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