Luke 8
Luke 8 | |
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Book | Gospel of Luke |
Category | Gospel |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 3 |
Luke 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys,[1] composed both this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.[2] This chapter mentions the women who supported Jesus and records some of the great miracles he performed, as well as several parables told by him.[3]
Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 56 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
- Papyrus 75 (175–225)
- Codex Vaticanus (325–350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (330–360)
- Codex Bezae (~400)
- Codex Washingtonianus (~400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (400–440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450; extant verses 29–56)
The women who sustained Jesus (8:1–3)
Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.
Following a "fairly static period",[4] Jesus continues his itinerant ministry within "every city and village" within Galilee.[5]
In verses 2 and 3,
Parable of the sower (8:4–15)
The words of verse 4, a great crowd was gathered, and people were coming to Jesus from every town,
This parable, sometimes called the "Parable of the Soils",
Parable of the lamp (8:16–18)
In this parable, Jesus notes that no-one lights a lamp and then hides it: the lamp is put on a stand, so that people may see it. Use of the light, to see by it, is highlighted in paraphrase versions.[11] Verse 16 is repeated at Luke 11:33.[12] Verses 16 and 17 point to the future that the word of the Lord would grow 'mightily and prevailed' (Acts 19:20), with verse 18 giving warning to listen to it 'with patient endurance' and discrimination.[4]
Mother and brothers of Jesus (8:19–21)
This passage records that Jesus' mother and brothers came seeking him. When Jesus was informed of their presence, he answered by extending the family relationship to all those who 'hear the word of God and do it'.[13] Mary and Jesus' brothers would later be counted among the earliest disciples waiting for the gift of the Spirit (
The storm calmed (8:22–25)
Jesus and his disciples were crossing the
The Gerasene demoniac (8:28–39)
The miracle took place when Jesus went across the lake to the land of the Gerasenes (or
- Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many". And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
The term 'the Most High God' used to call Jesus's father by the tormented man, was also used by the spirit-possessed slave girl at Philippi who was later healed by Paul (
Raising of Jairus' daughter and healing the bleeding woman (8:40–56)
The story immediately follows the exorcism at Gerasa. Back in Galilee,
Tzitzit
Luke's and Matthew's accounts specify that the bleeding woman touched the "fringe" of his cloak, using a Greek word kraspedon which also appears in Mark 6.[16] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on fringes in scripture, the Pharisees (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism) who were the progenitors of modern Rabbinic Judaism, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (Matthew 23:5), a reference to the formative çîçîth (tzitzit). Because of the Pharisees' authority, people regarded the fringe as having a mystical quality.[17]
See also
- Johanna
- Mary of Magdalene
- Ministry of Jesus
- Miracles of Jesus
- Parables of Jesus
- Susanna (disciple)
- Related
Notes
- ^ Luke has another bigger inclusio using Simon Peter as "both the first and the last disciple to be named in his Gospel" (Luke 4:38; Luke 24:34), similar to Mark.[6]
References
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), "Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels", New Testament p. 5
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ a b c d Franklin 2007, p. 937.
- ^ Barnes, A. (1834), Barnes' Notes on Luke 8, accessed 2 January 2022
- ^ a b c d Bauckham 2017, p. 131.
- ^ Luke 8:4: New Century Version
- ^ Meyer, H. A. W. (1880), Meyer's NT Commentary on Luke 8, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 2 January 2022
- ^ Sproul, R. C., The Parable of the Soils, Ligonier Ministries, accessed 19 July 2020
- ^ Maclaren, A., MacLaren Expositions of Holy Scripture on Luke 8, accessed 19 July 2020
- ^ Luke 8:16: The Message version by Eugene H. Peterson; Luke 8:16 in William E. Paul's An Understandable Version, published 2015, accessed 11 September 2023
- ^ Gill, J., Gill's Exposition on Luke 11, accessed 11 September 2023
- ^ Franklin 2007, pp. 937–938.
- ^ a b c Franklin 2007, p. 938.
- ISBN 0664227546p. 126
- ^ κράσπεδον/kraspedon, see Strong's G2899
- ^ Knight, Kevin (2009), "Fringes (in Scripture)", The Catholic Encyclopedia, retrieved 30 December 2011
Sources
- ISBN 9780802874313.
- Franklin, Eric (2007). "59. Luke". In ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
External links
- Luke 8 King James Bible – Wikisource
- English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
- Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
Preceded by Luke 7 |
Chapters of the Bible Gospel of Luke |
Succeeded by Luke 9 |