Luke 4:39

4:39 he rebuked the fever: The same Greek word was used when Jesus rebuked the demon (4:35). Jesus has full authority over physical and spiritual forces.

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Luk 4:39. Ἐπάνω αὐτῆς, over her) His very closely approaching her showed that the disease gives place before the power of Jesus, and that no danger of infection from disease can threaten His body.

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Luk 4:39 . παραχρῆμα , immediately, another word having the same aim: cured at once , and perfectly; able to serve.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

39. he stood over her] A graphic touch, found here only. The other Evangelists say that He took her by the hand.

she arose and ministered unto them] Literally, arising at once she began to wait on them.

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Now when the sun was setting,.... And so the sabbath was over; See Gill on Mat 8:16.

all they that had any sick, with divers diseases, brought them unto him; that is, as many of the inhabitants of Capernaum as had sick persons in their houses, let their diseases be what they would, brought them to Christ in Simon's house; which, sabbath being over, they might do consistent with their laws, and the traditions of the elders, and without any just offence to the Scribes and Pharisees, who were tenacious of them; and they were encouraged to do so, partly through the dispossessing the unclean spirit in their synagogue that day, which many of them had been witnesses of; and partly through the cure of Peter's wife's mother, which they had heard of:

and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them; without the use of medicine, by the mere imposition of his hands; which was accompanied with such power and virtue from him, as to remove, at once, every disease; nor did he refuse any person, how unworthy soever they might be in themselves, and how obstinate their disease might be.

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39. ἐπιστὰς ἐπάνω αὐτῆς. A graphic touch, found here only. The other Evangelists say that He took her by the hand.

ἀναστᾶσα διηκόνει αὐτοῖς. Literally, ‘arising at once she began to wait on them.’ The more Attic augment is ἐδιακόνει.

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39. ἐπιστὰς ἐπάνω αὐτῆς ἐπετίμησεν. Instead of this both Mt. and Mk. state that lie touched her hand. proximus accessus ostendebat, virtuti Jesu cedere morbum, neque ullum corpori ejus a murbo imminere periculum (Beng.). The ἐπετίμησεν of ver. 35 does not show that the use of the same word here is meant to imply than the fever is regarded as a personal agent. But comp. 13:11, 10; Mar 9:17, Mar 9:23. The ἀφῆκεν, which is in all three narratives, harmonizes with either view In any case this unusual mode of healing would interest and impress a physician; and Lk.alone notices the suddenness with which her strength returned. For παραχρῆ μα see on 5:25. Syr-Sin.omits the standing over her.

διηκόνει αὐτοῖς. Mt. has αὐτῷ: the αὐτοῖς includes the disciples and others present. Her being able to minister to them proves the completeness of the cure. Recovery from fever is commonly attended by great weakness. And this seems to be fatal to the view of B. Weiss, that Christ’s cures were “momentary effects produced by His touch, which, although the result was absolutely certain,, yet merely began a healing process that was completed in a perfectly natural way.” What is gained by such an hypothesis?

The Attic form of the imperf. of διᾱκονέω is ἐδιᾱκόνουν; but διηκόνουν is the reading of the MSS. in Eur. Cycl. 406 (Veitch, sv.). Comp. 8:3; Mat 4:11, Mat 4:8:15; Mar 1:13, Mar 1:31; Joh 12:2; 1Pe 1:12.

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He stood over her. As a physician might do. Peculiar to Luke.

Rebuked. Peculiar to Luke.

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