Luke 8:35
33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
36 Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- KJV
- Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- WEB
- People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- ASV
- And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
- DARBY
- And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. And they were afraid.
- BLB
- And they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons went out sitting, clothed and sound-minded, at the feet of Jesus. And they were afraid.
- ÅB
- Folk kom da ut for å se hva som hadde hendt, og de kom til Jesus, og fant mannen som de onde ånder var faret ut av, sittende påkledd og ved sans og samling ved Jesu føtter, og de ble forferdet.
- OTB
- og folk kom ut for å se hva som hadde skjedd. Da de kom til Jesus, fant de mannen som demonene hadde forlatt, sittende ved Jesu føtter, påkledd og ved sans og samling; og de ble redde.
- B1930
- Folk kom da ut for å se hvad som hadde hendt, og de kom til Jesus, og fant mannen som de onde ånder var faret ut av, sittende påklædd og ved sans og samling ved Jesu føtter, og de blev forferdet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 10:39
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Read in contextActs 22:3
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Read in context1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
Read in contextPsalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Read in contextHebrews 2:14–15
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Read in contextLuke 8:27
When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:24–25
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
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