Luke 8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:32-33

Jesus granted the request of the demons that involved a temporary stay of execution thus demonstrating His mercy. Instead He sent them to another watery place. There is no evidence that demons indwell water, so evidently Jesus killed them in this symbolic way, though their final judgment is still future (Revelation 20:1-3). read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:34-37

The latter condition of the man contrasts with his former state. He now sat at Jesus’ feet as a disciple. The power that Jesus possessed to effect such a transformation terrified the people. Luke’s use of the Greek sozo (Luke 8:36, "made well" or "cured," lit. "saved") suggests that the man became a believer and a disciple of Jesus. Fear of Jesus led the residents to reject Him, unfortunately. Thus Luke showed his reader disciples that this is a reaction they could expect."Their fear may have... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:38-39

The man begged Jesus to allow him to follow Him. His desire was admirable, but Jesus ordered this disciple to remain where he was as a witness to Jesus’ person and power at least temporarily. The man responded as an obedient disciple and spread the gospel in this previously unreached Gentile area. Luke probably intended the reader to identify what Jesus had done with what God had done (Luke 8:39). The man more than obeyed Jesus. He is, therefore, a good model for Gentile converts to... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:40-42

Jairus’ request 8:40-42a (cf. Matthew 9:18-19; Mark 5:21-23)Jesus returned from the southeast side of the lake to its northwest side where this incident happened. Multitudes welcomed Jesus because He had become popular in that area by working many other miracles. Jairus’ position as a synagogue ruler shows that some influential Jewish leaders had believed on Him. Luke alone wrote that the girl was Jairus’ only (Gr. monogenes, cf. John 3:16) daughter. This detail adds to the pathos of the story.... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:40-56

3. The healing of a woman with a hemorrhage and the raising of Jairus’ daughter 8:40-56Luke, as the other synoptic evangelists, recorded this double miracle in its historical sequence. These are the only intertwined miracles in the Gospels. One miracle involved providing deliverance from disease and the other deliverance from death. Both of them demonstrated the power and compassion of Jesus and the importance of faith in Him. The tension created in the Jairus’ story by the interruption of the... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:42-43

The crowd that Luke described graphically as pressing against Jesus and almost crushing Him created the scene in which the woman approached Jesus. The exact reason for her continual bleeding is unknown and unimportant. This condition resulted in her discomfort, inconvenience, ritual uncleanness, and embarrassment. Some commentators believe that Luke’s omission of the fact that she had spent all her money on doctors who could not cure here was his attempt to guard the reputation of his... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:42-48

The healing of the woman with a hemorrhage 8:42b-48 (cf. Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:24-34) read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:44

The woman’s superstition has also created problems for some readers. However, God honored even stranger expressions of faith than hers (cf. Acts 5:14; Acts 19:11-12). Even though her knowledge was imperfect she believed that Jesus could heal her, and Jesus honored that faith. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:45-46

Jesus’ question did not reveal lack of knowledge but the desire to identify the woman so He could strengthen and encourage her faith. Occasionally Jesus chose to heal people who expressed no faith in Him. Here someone with faith drew on His power without His conscious selection of her. Evidently God healed the woman through Jesus without Jesus’ awareness. Likewise God sometimes brings blessing to others through His children without those believers being aware of it. Jesus meant that God’s power... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:47-48

The woman’s embarrassment was undoubtedly due to her illness and to her presumption in mingling with a crowd even though she was ritually unclean. Her falling at Jesus’ feet recalls the sinful woman in Simon the Pharisee’s house (Luke 7:36-50) who had a kindred spirit of thankfulness. Another reason Jesus insisted on identifying the woman was to secure her public confession of faith in Him. Perhaps Luke included this public confession after a private deliverance as a good example for his... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:32-33

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:34-37

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:38-39

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:40-42

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:40-56

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:42-43

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:42-48

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:44

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:45-46

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:47-48

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