Luke 8:39

8:39 go back to your family: The role of disciples is to proclaim to the world what Jesus has done for them.

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Luk 8:39 . ὑπόστρεφε : it was good for the man that he should return to his home and people, and tell them what had befallen him through the mercy of God ( ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεός ). It was good for the people also. They needed a missionary greatly. καθʼ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν , over the whole city. Mk. says in Decapolis.

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

To wit, the city of the Gadarenes: and though Mark says that he preached it in Decapolis, they differ not, for Pliny recordeth, lib. 5, chap. 18, that Gadara is a town of Decapolis, so that Decapolis was partly on this side Jordan, and partly on the other side.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

(39) Throughout the whole city.—The city was, of course, according to the reading adopted, Gerasa, or Gadara.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

39. shew how great things God hath done unto thee] This command valuably illustrates one of the reasons why our Lord commanded reticence in other instances. To the region of Gadara He did not intend to return, and therefore the proclamation of a miracle would not cause Him to be surrounded by curious crowds.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And it came to pass, that when Jesus was returned,.... From the country of the Gadarenes, to the other side of the sea of Tiberias, to Galilee; and particularly to his own city, Capernaum; Mat 9:1.

The people gladly received him; who were of a different cast from those he had just left; being sensible of the benefits they received from him, both by his ministry and miracles; and which was the reason of their receiving him with so much joy and gladness:

for they were all waiting for him; on the shore, looking out very eagerly for him, being earnestly desirous of his speedy return to them; having many that wanted his assistance, both for their souls and bodies, of which the following are instances.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Ver. 39. Show how great things] This was all the fee Christ called for for all his cures. He is content that we have the benefit, so he may have the glory of what he does for us.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

[39. Σοὶ, unto thee) Every one can be the weightiest witness of those things which have been vouchsafed to himself by the Divine favour.—V. g.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

39. διηγοῦ. This command valuably illustrates one of the reasons why our Lord commanded reticence in other instances. To the region of Gadara He did not intend to return, and therefore the proclamation of a miracle would not cause Him to be surrounded by curious crowds.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

39.] See notes on Mark.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

39. διηγοῦ ὅσα σοι ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεός. In Galilee and Judæa, where Jesus and His disciples preached, He commonly told those who were healed to be silent about their cures. In this half-heathen Peræa there were no other missionaries, and the man was not fitted for permanent work with Christ elsewhere. Moreover, here there was no danger of the miracle being used for political purposes. Lastly, it might be beneficial to a healed demoniac to have free converse with all after his gloomy isolation. The ὁ Θεός is last with emphasis. Jesus shows the man that he must attribute his deliverance to God. Both Lk. and Mk. preserve the highly natural touch that, in spite of this command, the man proclaimed what Jesus had done for him. Note also that καθʼ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν is much in excess of εις τὸν οἶκόν σου and κηρύσσων of διηγοῦ. See on 9:10.

καθʼ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν. With κηρύσσων, not with ἀπῆλθεν: Win. 69. d.a, p. 499. Mk. has ἐν τῇ Δεκαπόλει. Nowhere else in N.T. does καθ ὀλην occur: Lk. commonly writes καθʼ ὅλης (4:14, 23:5 ; Act 9:31, Act 9:42, Act 9:10:37). He nowhere mentions Decapolis.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Shew [διηγου] . Rather relate, recount, with the idea of telling the story throughout [δια] . See on declaration, ch. 1 1.

Throughout the whole city. Mark says in Decapolis.

How great things [οσα] . Lit., how many things, and thus according with recount. Declared all things throughout, as many as Jesus had done.

41 - 56. Compare Mt 9:18 - 26; Mr 5:22 - 43.

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