Luke 8:3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8:1-3

We are here told, I. What Christ made the constant business of his life?it was preaching; in that work he was indefatigable, and went about doing good (Luke 8:1), afterward?en to kathexes?ordine, in the proper time or method. Christ took his work before him and went about it regularly. He observed a series or order of business, so that the end of one good work was the beginning of another. Now observe here, 1. Where he preached: He went about?diodeue?peragrabat. He was an itinerant preacher,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:1-3

8:1-3 After that, Jesus travelled through the country, town by town, and village by village, preaching the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, as were certain women, who had been cured from evil spirits and from illnesses. There was Mary, who is called Mary Magdalene, out of whom there went seven devils, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, who was Herod's agent, and Susanna and many others. It was their habit to minister to their needs out of their resources. The time we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:3

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward ,.... Joanna, or Juchan, as the Syriac version calls her, was a name, among the Jews, for a woman, as Jochanan, or John, was for a man. In the Talmud F5 T. Bab. Sota, fol. 22. 1. we read of one Jochani, or Joanni, the daughter of Retibi, the same name with this. Her husband's name was Chuza. Dr. Lightfoot observes, from a Talmudic treatise F6 Massechet Sopherim, c. 13. sect. 6. , such a name in the genealogy of Haman, who is called... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:3

Herod's steward - Though the original word, επιτροπος , signifies sometimes the inspector or overseer of a province, and sometimes a tutor of children, yet here it seems to signify the overseer of Herod's domestic affairs: the steward of his household. Steward of the household was an office in the king's palace by s. 24, of Hen. VIII. The person is now entitled lord steward of the king's household, and the office is, I believe, more honorable and of more importance than when it was first... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:3

Verse 3 Luke 8:3.Joanna, the wife of Chuza It is uncertain whether or not Luke intended his statement to be applied to those women in the same manner as to Mary To me it appears probable that she is placed first in order, as a person in whom Christ had given a signal display of his power; and that the wife of Chuza, and Susanna, matrons of respectability and of spotless reputation, are mentioned afterwards, because they had only been cured of ordinary diseases. Those matrons being wealthy and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-3

St. Luke ' s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

The evangelistic circuit. Observe— I. THE PLAN OF CIRCUIT . ( Luke 8:1 .) "He went," or "went about," or "kept journeying." Hitherto Capernaum had been the centre from which short excursions were taken, the Lord always returning to it. Now he moves steadily on from place to place, "passing in patience until his work is done." "Through cities and villages." He will not omit any abode of man. If social influence and power had been the aim, this Prophet would have limited his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

Incidents in evangelistic work. We have now to contemplate Jesus as fairly loosed from Capernaum as the centre of his mission work, and as making systematically the tour of the province of Galilee. The "beloved physician" gives to us here just such an insight into the material conditions of Christ's evangelistic work as we naturally desire. Let us, then, notice— I. THE SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL SIDES OF OUR LORD 'S EVANGELISTIC WORK . ( Luke 8:1-3 .) Twelve men and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:2-3

Christianity and woman. We have seen ( Luke 2:36-38 ) that woman, in the person of Anna, welcomed the infant Saviour to the world; it was most fitting that she should do so, for Christianity and womanhood have had a very 'close relationship, and undoubtedly will have even to the end. I. WHAT CHRISTIANITY OWES TO WOMAN . 1 . Its Divine Author and the Object of its worship was, "as concerning the flesh," born of a woman ( Galatians 4:4 ). The Son of God was, in a true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:3

Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward . She must have been a person of wealth and high rank at the court of Herod Antipas. There were evidently not a few believers in that wicked and dissolute centre. Some years later we read of Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod, as a notable Christian ( Acts 13:1 ). Even Herod himself, we know, at first heard John the Baptist gladly. and, after the terrible judicial murder, we find that unhappy prince fancying that his victim had risen from the dead.... read more

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