Luke 8:36

36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed[a] man had been healed.

Luke 8:36 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:36

They also which saw it
The disciples of Christ, or the men of the ship, or persons who lived hard by in the fields, who were eyewitnesses of these several things:

told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was
healed;
(See Gill on Mark 5:16).

Luke 8:36 In-Context

34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.
38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Greek daimonizomai; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons
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