Luke 5:25

Luk 5:25. Ἄρας ἐφʼ ᾧ κατέκειτο, having taken up that whereon he lay) A happy expression. The couch had borne the man: now the man was bearing the couch.

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Luk 5:25 . παραχρῆμα ( παρὰ τὸ χρῆμα ), on the spot, instantly; in Lk. only, magnifying the miracle.

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(25) Glorifying God.—The fact that the man himself did this as well as the by-standers is peculiar to St. Luke.

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25. took up that whereon he lay] This circumstance is emphasized in all three narratives to contrast his previous helplessness, “borne of four,” with his present activity. He now carried the bed which had carried him, and “the proof of his sickness became the proof of his cure.” The labour would have been no more than that of carrying a rug or a cloak, yet it was this which excited the fury of the Pharisees in Jerusalem (Joh_5:9). It was not specially attacked by the simpler and less Pharisaic Pharisees of Galilee.

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And immediately he rose up before them,.... As soon as ever these words were spoken by Christ, the man, before sick of the palsy, finding himself perfectly well, got off of his couch, and stood up on his feet before the Scribes and Pharisees, and all the people:

and took up that whereon he lay; his couch, or bed: and departed to his own house; with it upon his back: "and went to his business", as the Persic version renders it:

glorifying God; both for the healing of his body, and for the pardon of his sins; each of which he knew none but God could do. This circumstance is only mentioned by Luke, and shows the sense the man had of the great favours bestowed upon him: he glorified God, by ascribing them to his goodness and power; by offering the sacrifice of praise, or giving thanks unto him for them; by publishing them among his neighbours, to the honour of his name; and by living a holy life and conversation, to his glory, under a grateful sense of his kindness: yea, he glorified Jesus Christ as God, who he knew must be God, by forgiving his sins, and curing his disease; he proclaimed his divine power, and ascribed greatness to him; he confessed him as the Messiah, and owned him as his Saviour, and became subject to him as his Lord.

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25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

Ver. 25. {See Trapp on "Mat 9:8"} {See Trapp on "Mar 2:12"}

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Immediately he got up

"At once he got up" or "Right away he got up"

he got up

It may be helpful to clearly say that he was healed. AT: "the man was healed! He got up"

filled with fear

"very afraid" or "filled with awe"

extraordinary things

"amazing things" or "strange things"

translationWords

glory

God

amazed

fear

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25. ἐφ’ ὅ. Altered by copyists into the easier ἐφ’ ᾧ.

25. ἐφ’ ὃ κατέκειτο. The ἐφ’ ᾧ of the Rec[121] is a less common expression. Ἐφ’ ὅ is another instance of a prep. of motion with a verb of rest as in ἔστη ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλόν Joh 21:4; καθίσεσθε ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους Mat 19:28, and the phrase εἶναι ἐπὶ χθόνα. See Winer, p. 508. This circumstance is emphasized in all three narratives to contrast the man’s previous helplessness, “borne of four,” with his present activity. He now carried the bed which had carried him, and “the proof of his sickness became the proof of his cure.” The labour would have been no more than that of carrying a rug or a cloak, yet it was this which excited the fury of the Pharisees in Jerusalem (Joh 5:9). The ‘Sabbath-breaking’ involved in the act was not specially attacked by the simpler and less Pharisaic Pharisees of Galilee.

[121] Rec. The Textus Receptus.

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25. παραχρῆμα ἀναστὰς ἐνώπιον. Every one of these words is characteristic of Lk. For παραχρῆμα MK. has his equally characteristic εὐθύς, a feature which recurs Luk 8:44, Luk 8:55, Luk 8:18:43, Luk 8:22:60. Lk. has παραχρῆμα ten times in the Gospel and six times in the Acts: elsewhere only Mat 21:19, Mat 21:20. For ἀναστάς Mt. has ἐγερθείς and Mk. ἠγέρθη καί: see on 1:39. For ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν Mk. has ἔμπροσθεν πάντων.

ἄρας ἐ φʼ ὃ κατέκειτο. Il doit porter maintenant ce grabat qui l’a si longtemps porté (Godet). The wording is peculiar to Lk., and is perhaps intended to suggest this inversion of relations. Lk. alone records that he glorified God. The phrase δοξάζειν τὸν Θεόν is specially. common with him (ver. 26, 7:16, 13:13, 17:15, 18:43, 23:47; Act 4:21, Act 11:18, Act 21:20): once in Mk., twice in Mt., once in Jn.

The reading ἐφʼ ᾦ (R U Λ is an obvious correction to a more usual construction. For the acc. after a verb of rest comp. 21:35; Mat 13:2; Mar 4:38; Joh 21:4; also Plato, sym. 212 D, ἐπιστῆναι ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας.

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