Luke 14:4

4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

Luke 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:4

And they held their peace
Or were silent, choosing to say nothing, which might countenance such an action; and yet knew not how to condemn it:

and he took [him], and healed him, and let him go;
he took him by the hand, or laid his hands on him; he touched him, and, it may be, stroked the part affected, and in an instant the prodigious swelling of his body came down: for he who at his rebuke could dry up the sea, could by a touch dry up such a quantity of water, as was in this man's body; and then he dismissed him from the table and company, and he went home perfectly cured.

Luke 14:4 In-Context

2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

3 Yeshua, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Perushim, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Shabbat?"

4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Shabbat day?"

6 They couldn't answer him regarding these things.