Luke 14:4

4 They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.

Luke 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:4

And they held their peace
Or were silent, choosing to say nothing, which might countenance such an action; and yet knew not how to condemn it:

and he took [him], and healed him, and let him go;
he took him by the hand, or laid his hands on him; he touched him, and, it may be, stroked the part affected, and in an instant the prodigious swelling of his body came down: for he who at his rebuke could dry up the sea, could by a touch dry up such a quantity of water, as was in this man's body; and then he dismissed him from the table and company, and he went home perfectly cured.

Luke 14:4 In-Context

2 In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

3 This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

4 They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.

5 Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

6 To this they could make no reply.