Luke 8:28-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:26-39

The demoniac whose name was Legion. Two miserable creatures are mentioned in Matthew. No sooner has Jesus come forth on the land than they rush towards him. Human, yet without the mental attributes of humanity, shunned by all, left in the lonely place, to rend the air with fearful cries, to clash themselves against stones, wretched beyond all names of wretchedness. One of the two is singled out by St. Luke, and described (verses 27, 29). Observe the effect of Jesus' presence. Instantly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice ,aid, What have I to do with thee, Jesus? "The sight of Jesus appears to have produced an extraordinary impression upon him. The holy, calm, gentle majesty, the tender compassion, and the conscious sovereignty which were expressed in the aspect of our Lord, awakened in him, by force of contrast, the humbling consciousness of his own state of moral disorder" (Godet). Thou Son of God most high . There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:30

And Jesus asked him; saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him The Master vouchsafed no reply to the demons' prayer, but puts a quiet suggestive question to their unhappy victim. The Lord's words, as Dean Plumptre suggests, would serve "to recall to the man's mind that he had once a human name, with all its memories of human fellowship. It was a stage, even in spite of the paroxysm that followed, in the process of recovery, in so far as it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:31

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. This time the voice and the request apparently proceed from the terrible presence which had made the soul of the unhappy man their temporary habitation. The direful confusion in the state of the poor demoniac is shown by this request. By whom was it made? The bystanders could discern no difference between the possessed and the spirits dwelling in the afflicted human being. So St. Mark, in his relation, puts these... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 8:22-39

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 8:26-39

Luke 8:26-39. See the contents of these verses explained at large, on Matthew 8:28-34; and Mark 5:1-17. I beseech thee, torment me not Let me continue where I am, and do not, before my time, cast me into the place of torments. For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man Being moved with pity at the sight of such a miserable spectacle; for oftentimes it had caught him Therefore our compassionate Lord had made the more haste to cast it out. That he would not command... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 8:26-39

58. Demon power overcome at Gadara (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39)Another place that Jesus visited was the district to the east and south of the Lake of Galilee known as Gadara. The people were mainly Gentiles and were known as Gadarenes (sometimes as Gerasenes, after the chief town of the district, or even Gergesenes, after another local town) (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1). Jesus was met there by a man whose body had been cruelly taken over by demons. To release the man from his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 8:28

Jesus. App-98 . Demons irreverently use this sacred name, as is done by so many to-day: but His own disciples called Him "Master '(Luke 8:24 ) and "Lord". See John 13:13 . What have I, &c. See note on 2 Samuel 16:10 . most high. The Lord called thus elsewhere only in Mark 5:7 . Compare Luke 1:32 , Luke 1:5 ; Luke 6:5 . beseech . See App-134 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 8:31 , Luke 8:32 , Luke 8:37 , Luk 31:41 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 8:29

He had commanded = He was commanding. Imperfect tense. spirit. Greek. pneuma. See App-101 . man. Greek. anthropos. App-123 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 8:27 , Luke 8:38 , Luke 8:41 , but the same as in verses: Luke 8:33 , Luke 8:35 . it had caught = it had seized. Only here and in Acts 6:12 ; Acts 19:29 ; Acts 27:15 kept bound = bound, being guarded. chains, &c. See notes on Mark 5:4 . he brake the bands, and = breaking the bands, he. was driven . Greek elauno. Occurs... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 8:30

many , &c. See note on Mark 5:9 . read more

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