(35) Sitting at the feet of Jesus.—This feature is peculiar to St. Luke’s narrative. The demoniac was now in the same attitude of rapt attention as that in which we find afterwards Mary the sister of Lazarus (Luke 10:39). read more
(36) By what means . . .—Better, how; stress being laid on the manner rather than the instrumentality. read more
(37) They were taken with great fear.—Better, they were oppressed. read more
(39) Throughout the whole city.—The city was, of course, according to the reading adopted, Gerasa, or Gadara. read more
(40) When Jesus was returned.—The narrative implies that our Lord and His disciples re-crossed the lake from the eastern to the western shore, and that the crowd that waited belonged to Capernaum and the neighbouring towns. read more
(41-56) And, behold, there came a man named Jairus.—See Notes on Matthew 9:18-26, and Mark 5:21-43. St. Luke’s narrative agrees with St. Mark’s more closely than with St. Matthew’s. read more
(42) About twelve years of age.—St. Luke, as with the precision of a practised writer, names the age at the beginning of the narrative, St. Mark incidentally (Mark 5:42) at its close. read more
(43) Neither could be healed of any.—It is, perhaps, worth noting that while St. Luke records the failure of the physicians to heal the woman, he does not add, as St. Mark does, that she “rather grew worse” (Mark 5:26). read more
(45) Master.—The same word as in Luke 8:24, where see Note. read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:34
(34) In the country.—Better, in the farms. The noun is in the plural, and is so rendered in Matthew 22:5. read more