Luke 14:4

4 But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.

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 And behold, a certain man was in front of him, suffering from edema.

3 And Jesus answered [and] said to the legal experts and Pharisees, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

4 But they remained silent. And he took hold of [him] [and] healed him, and sent [him] away.

5 And he said to them, "Who among you, [if your] son or [your] ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"

6 And they were not able to make a reply to these [things].

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took hold of") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation