Lucas 8:27

27 Mientras Jesús bajaba de la barca, un hombre que estaba poseído por demonios salió a su encuentro. Por mucho tiempo, había estado desnudo y sin hogar, y vivía en un cementerio, en las afueras de la ciudad.

Lucas 8:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:27

And when he went forth to land
The Persic and Ethiopic versions read,

when they went forth to land;
when Christ and his disciples came out of the ship, and went ashore:

there met him out of the city a certain man;
or rather, there met him a certain man of the city; that is, one that belonged to, and was an inhabitant of Gadera, or some city thereabout; who had been born and brought up, and had lived there; for certain it is, that he did not now come out of the city, but out of the tombs, as in ( Matthew 8:28 ) ( Mark 5:2 ) and to which agrees the account of him that follows here; in the Vulgate Latin version, these words, "out of the city" are omitted; which the interpreter not understanding, might leave out, as carrying in it a seeming contradiction to the accounts of him:

which had devils long time.
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Arabic versions, read in the singular number, which had a devil: and which agrees with ( Luke 8:29 ) for though more are after mentioned, yet the many might be under one head, and chief of them; but in all the copies, it is read in the plural number, "devils"; and to this agrees the name of legion, for there were many devils in him, and they had a possession of him a long time which aggravates the miserable condition of this man, and illustrates the power of Christ in freeing him from them:

and wore no clothes;
but went naked, and when any were put upon him, would tear them in pieces:

neither abode in any house,
but in the tombs; (See Gill on Mark 5:3).

Lucas 8:27 In-Context

25 Entonces les preguntó:
Los discípulos quedaron aterrados y asombrados. «¿Quién es este hombre? —se preguntaban unos a otros—. Cuando da una orden, ¡hasta el viento y las olas lo obedecen!».

26 Jesús sana a un hombre endemoniado
Luego llegaron a la región de los gerasenos,
al otro lado del lago de Galilea.

27 Mientras Jesús bajaba de la barca, un hombre que estaba poseído por demonios salió a su encuentro. Por mucho tiempo, había estado desnudo y sin hogar, y vivía en un cementerio, en las afueras de la ciudad.

28 En cuanto vio a Jesús, soltó un alarido y cayó al suelo frente a él, y gritó: «¿Por qué te entrometes conmigo, Jesús, Hijo del Dios Altísimo? ¡Por favor, te suplico que no me tortures!».

29 Pues Jesús ya le había ordenado al espíritu maligno
que saliera del hombre. Ese espíritu a menudo tomaba control de él. Aun cuando el hombre estaba bajo custodia, con cadenas y grilletes, simplemente los rompía y se escapaba al desierto, totalmente controlado por el demonio.