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John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:1-56

Parable of the Sower. The Demoniac of Gadara1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk).2. Mary called Magdalene] see on Matthew 27:56.Seven devils] Mark 16:9. The ’seven’ indicates the greatness of her disease, not of her previous wickedness. There is no evidence that the persons possessed with devils in the NT. were specially wicked, or that Mary Magdalene had ever been a woman of evil life.3. Joanna] see Luke 24:10. Our Lord did not, like the Pharisees,’ devour widows’... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:40

(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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:41-56

(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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:42

(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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:43

(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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 8:45

(45) Master.—The same word as in Luke 8:24, where see Note. read more

Charles John Ellicott

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

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