Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:48
(48) Go in peace.—See Note on Luke 7:50. read more
Luke 8
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:50
(50) Believe only.—There is a slight difference in the shade of meaning of the Greek tense as compared with the like command in St. Mark’s report, the latter giving “Believe” as implying a permanent state—Be believing—St. Luke’s report laying stress on the immediate act of faith. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:51
(51) Save Peter, and James, and John.—It will be noticed that St. Luke agrees with St. Mark in giving the names; St. Matthew omits them. St. Mark, however, states more definitely that none others were allowed even to go with Him. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:52
(52) All wept, and bewailed her.—Better, all were weeping and bewailing her. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:55
(55) Her spirit came again.—The precise form of expression is peculiar to St. Luke, and is, perhaps, characteristic of the more accurate phraseology that belonged to him as a physician. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 8:1-56
Luke 8:2-3 This passage, one of Luke's special contributions to the gospel narrative, describes the double circle of Christ's followers. (a) And with Him, the twelve, i.e. those specially called to high enterprise and service. This represents the circle of people in the Church who are conscious of a definite vocation and moved by the Spirit of Christ to serve the Church with consecrated lives. (b) But alongside of these are certain women which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Luke 8:1-15
3Chapter 15THE KINGDOM OF GOD.IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and see in what direction they move, and we shall find that their orbit is an ellipse. Moving around the two centers, sin and salvation, they describe what is not a geometric figure, but a glorious reality, "the kingdom of God." It is not unlikely that the expression was one of the current phrases of the... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Luke 8:1-18
Chapter 14THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER.Luke 8:1-18IN a single parenthetical sentence our Evangelist indicates a marked change in the mode of the Divine ministry. Hitherto "His own city," Capernaum, has been a sort of center, from which the lines of light and blessing have radiated. Now, however, He leaves Capernaum, and makes a circuit through the province of Galilee, going through its cities and villages in a systematic, and as the verb would imply, a leisurely way, preaching the "good tidings of... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 8:1-56
CHAPTER 8 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1-3 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4-15 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16-18 ) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. (Luke 8:19-21 .) 5. The Storm on the Lake. (Luke 8:22-25 ) 6. In the Country of the Gadarenes; the Maniac Healed. (Luke 8:26-36 ) 7. His Rejection by the Gadarenes. (Luke 8:37-40 .) 8. The Woman With the Issue of Blood Healed. (Luke 8:41-48 .) 9. The Daughter of Jairus Raised. (Luke 8:49-56 .)... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:46
(46) Somebody hath touched me.—What St. Mark gives historically as a fact, St. Luke reports as uttered by our Lord Himself.That virtue is gone out of me.—See Note on Mark 5:30. To St. Luke the word was probably familiar as a technical term. read more