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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8
Most of this chapter is a repetition of divers passages of Christ's preaching and miracles which we had before in Matthew and Mark; they are all of such weight, that they are worth repeating, and therefore they are repeated, that out of the mouth not only of two, but of three, witnesses every word may be established. Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching, and how he had subsistence for himself and his numerous family by the charitable contributions of good people, Luke 8:1-3. II.... read more