Luke 4:39

39 And he stood over her [and] rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she got up [and] began to serve them.

Luke 4:39 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:39

And he stood over her
"At her head", as the Persic version reads: he inclined himself towards her, to see how she did, and to take her by the hand, and lift her up;

and rebuked the fever.
The Syriac and Persic versions read, "her fever", that which was upon her;

and it left her,
as Mark says, "immediately"; as soon as ever he had touched her hand, and rebuked the fever, and bid it be gone:

and immediately she arose, and ministered unto them;
(See Gill on Matthew 8:15).

Luke 4:39 In-Context

37 And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.

38 And [after he] set out from the synagogue, he went into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a high fever, and they asked him on behalf of her.

39 And he stood over her [and] rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she got up [and] began to serve them.

40 Now [as] the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing [his] hands on every one of them, he healed them.

41 And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("got up") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to serve")