Luc 8:27

27 Et quand Jésus fut descendu à terre, il vint au-devant de lui un homme de cette ville-là, qui était possédé des démons depuis longtemps. Il ne portait point d'habits, et il ne demeurait point à la maison; mais il se tenait dans les sépulcres.

Luc 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).

Luc 8:27 In-Context

25 Alors il leur dit: Où est votre foi? Et eux, saisis de crainte et d'admiration, disaient entre eux: Qui donc est celui-ci, qui commande même aux vents et à l'eau, et ils lui obéissent.

26 Ils abordèrent ensuite au pays des Gadaréniens, qui est vis-à-vis de la Galilée.

27 Et quand Jésus fut descendu à terre, il vint au-devant de lui un homme de cette ville-là, qui était possédé des démons depuis longtemps. Il ne portait point d'habits, et il ne demeurait point à la maison; mais il se tenait dans les sépulcres.

28 Dès qu'il vit Jésus, il cria, et se jetant à ses pieds, il dit à haute voix: Qu'y a-t-il entre moi et toi, Jésus, Fils du Dieu très haut? Je te prie, ne me tourmente point.

29 Car Jésus commandait à l'esprit immonde de sortir de cet homme, dont il s'était saisi depuis longtemps; on le liait de chaînes et on le gardait avec des entraves, mais il rompait ses liens, et il était emporté par le démon dans les déserts.