Luke 8:36

Luke 8:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They also who had seen it told them by what means he who had been demon-possessed was healed.

Context of Luke 8:36

34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. 35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. They also who saw it told them by what means he that was possessed by the demons was healed. 37Then the whole multitude of the country of the surrounding region of the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear: and he went into the boat, and returned back again. 38Now the man out of whom the demons had departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 8:36 word by word

ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες πῶς ἐσώθη ὁ δαιμονισθείς.Read the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• sawεἴδωeidō · to perceive: seeG1492
• toldἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• meansπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• demonsδαιμονίζομαιdaimonizomai · be demonisedG1139
• healedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Commentaries on Luke 8:36

• 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. 26-39Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: This is known as an exorcism. This story showed the power Jesus has over spiritual forces. It also contrasted the healed man's faith and commitment to Jesus with the fear and rejection of people in the town.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:36

• Converts
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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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