Luke
Chapter 8 (Continued)
J8:30``Jesus
then asked him
{the demon controlling the voice of the stricken man},
saying,
"What's your name?"
He
said, "Legion" {meaning there are thousands of us} . . .
because
many demons had entered him {the stricken man}.
8:31``And
they kept on begging Him not to order them
to
depart into the abyss {abussos}.
{Note: Abussos is the word used for the deepest part of the sea/ocean. But it also is one of the words used for where fallen angels are imprisoned.}
8:32``Now
there kept on being
a
large herd of pigs feeding there on the hillside.
And
they {the demons} kept on begging
Him
{Jesus} to permit them go into them.
And, He gave them permission.
8:33``
Then the demons came out of the man
and
went into the pigs.
And
the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake
and
were drowned.
8:34``But
the 'ones having fed the herd
with
a true sense of responsibility' {bosko}
{bosko is important to translate fully because of John 21:15}
having
seen what had happened,
ran
off and told it in the town and in the countryside.
{Note: Remember that the Jews were not permitted to eat pork. These were 'black market' pigs and therefore a very lucrative business for these people. They are not going to be happy to hear their herd is all dead.}
8:35``Then
they went out to see what had happened,
and
they came to Jesus.
And,
they found the man {anthropos}
from
whom the demons {daimonion}
had
gone out {never to return}
{exerchomai
- Pluperfect tense corresponds in a single Greek word
to the sense of the English pluperfect, which indicates an event
viewed as having been once and for all accomplished in past time},
sitting
at Jesus' feet . . . clothed . . . and in his right mind . . .
and
they were afraid.
8:36``
Those who had seen {it}
told
them how the man
who
had been demonized/'possessed by demons' {daimonizomai}
had
been healed.
8:37``
Then all the people of the Ger
asenes
and the surrounding region
requested/begged
Him {Jesus} to leave them alone . . .
for
they beginning to be seized with great fear.
So He went back into the boat and returned {hupostrepho}.
8:38-39``Now
the man from whom the demons had gone out
begged
to go with Him.
But
Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39``
"Return
{hupostrepho - an order} to your own home,
and
'recount in full' {diegeomai - another command}
how
much God has done for you."
So
he went away,
proclaiming
throughout the whole town
how
much Jesus had done for him.
{Restoration
and Healing}
8:40``Now
it came to pass {new subject}
when
Jesus returned,
the
crowd welcomed Him,
for
they were all waiting for Him.
8:41-42``And,
behold {an attention getter - Listen UP!}
there
came a man {aner} named Jairus,
who
was a ruler of the synagogue.
And,
falling at Jesus' feet,
he
kept on urging Him to come to his house, 8:42``
because
he had an only daughter, about twelve years old,
and
she was dying.
And,
as He {Jesus} was on His way,
the
crowds kept on pressing around Him.
8:43``Now
a woman was there who had suffered
from
hemorrhages/'a flow of blood' for twelve years
but
could not be healed by anyone.
8:44``She
came up behind Him {Jesus}
and
touched the fringe of His cloak,
and
immediately her hemorrhage ceased.
8:45``Then
Jesus asked,
"Who
is the one who touched me?"
And
when all were denying it,
Peter
said
{Petros - means 'little chip' - Jesus is called Petra - the Huge
Rock},
"Master,
the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!"
8:46``But
Jesus said,
"Someone
touched Me.
For
I know {ginosko}
that
power {dunamis} has gone out from Me."
8:47``Now
when the woman {gune}
saw
that she absolutely could not {ouk} escape notice,
she
came trembling and fell down before Him.
In
the presence of all the people,
she
told why she had touched Him
and
how she had been immediately healed.
8:48``
Then He said to her,
"Daughter,
be of comfort {an order},
your
faith {pistis} has made you
'well
with the result that you will be in perfect health until you die'
{sozo - perfect tense - action completed currently and lasts
forever}.
"Continue
on life's journey" {poreuomai - an order} . . .
in
'inner happiness'/peace {eirene}."
8:49``And,
while He was still speaking,
someone
from the synagogue president's house came and said,
"Your
daughter is 'dead with results that last forever'
{thnesko - perfect tense}.
Do
not trouble {skullo - an order}
the
teacher {didaskalos} any longer."
8:50``But
when Jesus heard this,
He
'had an answer for'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of Himself to' {apokrinomai} him saying,
"Fear
not {an order}!
Believe only {another order} . . . and she will be healed {sozo}."
8:51``And
when He came to the house,
He
did not allow anyone to go in with Him . . .
except
Peter and John and James,
and
the child's father and mother.
8:52``Now they were all wailing and mourning for her.
But He said, "Stop wailing {an order}!
She
is absolutely not {ouk} dead
but
in contrast {alla} is sleeping."
8:53``And
they began to 'laugh in scorn' at Him,
because
they knew {eido - perfect tense - a done deal}
that
she was dead.
8:54``But
He took her by the hand and said,
"Little
girl/child, get up {an order}."
8:55``And
her spirit {pneuma} returned,
and
she 'rose up'/'got up' {anistemi} immediately.
{anistemi - is the Greek word used for the resurrection.
But here it is a resuscitation not a resurrection.
The difference is, she will die again - so is resuscitated.
Jesus, as the First Fruits, was the 1st resurrection
in history - and the only resurrection to this date.}
Then He {Jesus} told them to give her something to eat.
8:56`` And, her parents {goneus} were astonished.
But
He ordered them to tell no one {medeis}
what
had happened.
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