Luke 9:6

6 So they departed [and] went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.

Luke 9:6 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:6

And they departed
That is, the apostles, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it: they went from Christ, and the place where he was, from Capernaum, at least from some place in Galilee:

and went through the towns;
the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add, "and cities"; that is, of Judea, as well as Galilee, even the whole land of Israel:

preaching the Gospel;
which explains what is meant by the kingdom of God, ( Luke 9:2 ) and healing everywhere; all sorts of bodily diseases, wherever they came.

Luke 9:6 In-Context

4 And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there.

5 And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

6 So they departed [and] went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.

7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John has been raised from the dead,

8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and others that some prophet of ancient times had risen.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb