Luke 8:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus asked him, saying,What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. ”

Luke 8:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.
Luke 8:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Wonder Stories: the tempest, the demoniac and the swine, Jairus-' daughter, and the woman with hemorrhage ( Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:43 *, Matthew 8:23-34 *, Matthew 9:18-26 *). Lk. follows Mk. w...
Luke 8:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

many , &c. See note on Mark 5:9 .
Luke 8:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Luke 8:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What is thy name, &c.?— Our Saviour probably asked the name of the evil spirit, to shew the extreme misery of the demoniac who was possessed by him. There is no need of concluding from the answ...
Luke 8:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. For the expos...
Luke 8:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Sower. The Demoniac of Gadara 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk).
Luke 8:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(26-39) And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes. — See Notes on Matthew 8:28-34 , and Mark 5:1-20 . Here again St. Mark and St. Luke agree in their order, and differ from St. Matthew. Th...
Luke 8:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Great Things” for One in Great Need Luke 8:26-39 The victim. In referring to but one demoniac the evangelist would probably concentrate attention on the more prominent of the two mentioned...
Luke 8:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke here refers to our Lord's journeyings, and reveals the interesting and beautiful fact of how women of wealth provided for him on the material level, ministering to Him of their substance. At th...
Luke 8:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(26) And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. (27) And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and...
Luke 8:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name ?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of t...
Luke 8:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. Ver. 30. And he said, Legion ] We must be ready and well-appointed to resist; for th...
Luke 8:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

See the contents of these verses explained at large, on Matthew 8:28-34 ; and Mark 5:1-17 . I beseech thee, torment me not Let me continue where I am, and do not, before my time, cast me into the...
Luke 8:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WOMEN PROVIDING FOR THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-3) The grace of the heart of the Lord Jesus must be made known through all the country, though not yet in its fullness, nor as resulting from the value of...
Luke 8:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship wi...
Luke 8:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 8:26 "
Luke 8:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). Jesus is Revealed As The Messiah Who Has Come With Power (8:19-9:36). In this third part of Section 3 Jesus is Revealed as the glorious Messiah Who has come with power but will be involved in...
Luke 8:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 8:26 . Country of the Gadarenes .—Rather, “of the Gerasenes” (R.V.). There is no doubt that the place mentioned is Kerzha or Gersa—now a ruined city near the sea opposite to...
Luke 8:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 8:26-27 . And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long ti...
Luke 8:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 8:2 . Mary, called Magdalene. Origen reckons three women who anointed the Saviour. The first, in the house of Simon the pharisee. Luke 7:37 . The second, the woman who anointed him six days...
Luke 8:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain man who had devils long time The demoniac in the tombs as he resembles the unconverted sinner Observe the parallel that exists between this poor demoniac and the unconverted sinner....
Luke 8:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 8:1-42 St. Luke ' s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus. Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward . St. Luke here notices an alteration...
Luke 8:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; because many devils were entered into him.
Luke 8:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 8:2 ; Mark 16:9 ; Mark 5:9 ; Matthew 26:53 ; Matthew 8:29

Luke 8:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 8:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 8:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 8:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 8:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 8:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 8:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 8:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 8:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 8:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 8:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 8:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 8:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 8:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 8:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 8:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 8:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 8:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 8:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge