Luke 8:40-42

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8:40-56

Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans, they gladly received him, wished and waited for his return, and welcomed him with all their hearts when he did return, Luke 8:40. If some will not accept the favours Christ offers them, others will. If the Gadarenes be not gathered, yet there are many among whom Christ shall be glorious. When Christ had done his work on the other side... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:40-42

8:40-42,49-56 When Jesus came back the crowd welcomed him for they were all waiting for him. A man called Jairus came to him. He was the president of the synagogue. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and asked him to come to his house, because he had an only daughter who was about twelve years of age and she was dying. As he went the crowd pressed round him ... While he was still speaking someone came from the president's house. "Your daughter is dead," he said. "Don't bother the Master any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:40

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; Matthew 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:41

And behold, there came a man named Jairus ,.... See Gill on Mark 5:22 . and he was a ruler of the synagogue ; at Capernaum; and it was the more remarkable, that such an one should come to Christ, and express any regard to his person, or faith in his power, and therefore a "behold" is prefixed to this account; See Gill on Matthew 9:18 . And he fell down at Jesus' feet ; showing great reverence and humility, and as Matthew says, "worshipped him"; if not in a religious, yet in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:42

For he had one only daughter ,.... And so exceedingly dear to him: about twelve years of age ; See Gill on Matthew 9:18 . And she lay a dying , or "was near death", as the Syriac and Persic versions; or "was just ready to die", as the Ethiopic version. The Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it, "she was dead", or "now dead", and which agrees with Matthew 9:18 . See Gill on Matthew 9:18 . but as he went ; along the streets of Capernaum, from Matthew's house; where he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:40

Gladly received him - This is the proper import of the word απεδεξατο ; therefore our translators needed not to have put gladly in italics, as though it were not expressed in the text. Raphelius gives several proofs of this in loc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:41

A man named Jairus - See these two miracles - the raising of Jairus's daughter, and the cure of the afflicted woman - considered and explained at large, on Matthew 9:18-26 ; (note), and Mark 5:22-43 (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:42

The people thronged him - Συνεπνιγον αυτον - almost suffocated him - so great was the throng about him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:22-56

A group of miracles. The mother and brethren of Jesus had tried in vain to interfere with the important work in which he was engaged; he clung to his disciples as the real members of his Father's family. And so we find his career as a merciful Miracle-worker continuing. We have here a group of notable miracles; it was, as Godet suggests, the culmination of his miraculous work. Nature, human nature, and death yield to his authority in their order. I. SAFETY IN THE SOCIETY OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:37-40

Jesus Christ: rejection and welcome. We have in these two passages a very striking contrast; we have in the one a very deliberate and consentaneous dismissal, and in the other a very cordial and unanimous reception of our Lord,—it is illustrative of the treatment he is now receiving at the hands of men. I. THE REJECTION OF JESUS CHRIST . 1 . It may be deliberate and determined. In the case of the Gadarenes it was emphatically so. They all came together to seek him and... read more

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