Luca 4:27

27 E al tempo del profeta Eliseo, c’eran molti lebbrosi in Israele; eppure nessun di loro fu mondato, ma lo fu Naaman il Siro.

Luca 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:27

And many lepers were in Israel
The leprosy was a disease very common among the Jews; hence those laws concerning it in ( Leviticus 13:1-14:57 ) and it seems by this account, that it was very prevalent,

in the time of Eliseus the prophet;
that is, the prophet Elisha; who, by the Septuagint, in 1Ki 19:16
and, in other places, is called "Elisaie": and none of them was cleansed; from their leprosy, by any direction of the prophet,

saving Naaman, the Syrian:
or but Naaman, who was not an Israelite, but a Syrian: he was cleansed and cured of his leprosy, being ordered by Elisha to dip himself seven times in Jordan, which he did, and was healed, ( 2 Kings 5:14 ) .

Luca 4:27 In-Context

25 Anzi, vi dico in verità che ai dì d’Elia, quando il cielo fu serrato per tre anni e sei mesi e vi fu gran carestia in tutto il paese, c’eran molte vedove in Israele;

26 eppure a nessuna di esse fu mandato Elia, ma fu mandato a una vedova in Sarepta di Sidon.

27 E al tempo del profeta Eliseo, c’eran molti lebbrosi in Israele; eppure nessun di loro fu mondato, ma lo fu Naaman il Siro.

28 E tutti, nella sinagoga, furon ripieni d’ira all’udir queste cose.

29 E levatisi, lo cacciaron fuori della città, e lo menarono fin sul ciglio del monte sul quale era fabbricata la loro città, per precipitarlo giù.