Luke 8 - Outline of Luke (MENU page)
Luke has seven chief divisions:
I. The Evangelist's Introduction, 1:1-4.
II. The human relationships of Jesus, 1:5- 2:52.
III. The baptism, ancestry, and testing of Jesus, 3:1- 4:13.
IV. The ministry of the Son of man as Prophet-King in Galilee, 4:14- 9:50.
V. The journey of the Son of Man from Galilee to Jerusalem, 9:51- 19:44
VI. The final offer of the Son of man as King to Israel, His rejection and sacrifice, 19:45- 23:56.
VII. The resurrection, the resurrection ministry, and the ascension of the Son of man, 24:1-53.
 
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Jesus preaches and heals in Galilee.
1. And it came to pass afterward,
that he went throughout every city and village,
{Mark 1:38,39}
preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:
and the twelve [were] with him,
2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna,
and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
In addition to the twelve chosen disciples, many others followed Jesus as He traveled and ministered (eg., Luk 10:1). Among those followers were many women, who provided assistance in various ways (eg., with finances, food preparation, laundry, etc.). Although the named women were well known to the early church, we have very little scriptural information about them. cp. Mat 27:55,56; Luk 24:10
 
Parable of the Sower
(Mat 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-20)
4. And when much people were gathered together,
and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
5 A sower went out to sow his seed:
and as he sowed, some fell by the way side;
and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
6 And some fell upon a rock;
and as soon as it was sprung up,
it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell among thorns;
and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 And other fell on good ground,
and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.
And when he had said these things, he cried,
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:
but to others in parables;
that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear;
then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts,
lest they should believe and be saved.
13 They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have no root,
which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among thorns are they,
which, when they have heard, go forth,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 But that on the good ground are they,
which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word,
keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.
 
Parable of the lighted candle.
(Mat 5:15,16; Mark 4:21-23; Luk 11:33)
16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle,
covereth it with a vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed;
but setteth [it] on a candlestick,
that they which enter in may see the light.
17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest;
neither [any thing] hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
{cp. Luk 12:2,3; Ecc 12:14; Mat 10:26-28; 1Cor 4:5}
18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: {Heb 2:1}
for whosoever hath, to him shall be given;
and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken
even that which he seemeth to have.
{cp. Luk 12:20,21; Mat 7:22,23; 1Cor 3:18,19; 13:1-3}
 
The new relationships.
(Mat 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35)
19 Then came to him [his] mother and his brethren,
and could not come at him for the press.
20 And it was told him [by certain] which said,
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
21 And he answered and said unto them,
My mother and my brethren
are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
 
Jesus stills the waves.
(Mat 8:23-27; Mark 4:36-41)
22. 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.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep:
and there came down a storm of wind on the lake;
and they were filled [with water], and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Master, master, we perish.
Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water:
and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith?
And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another,
What manner of man is this!
for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
 
Demons cast out of the demoniac of Gadara.
(Mat 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20)
26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes {also called Gergesenes},
which is over against
{ie., opposite} Galilee.
The region of Galilee (on the west side of the Sea of Galilee) was opposite the region of Gadara (Gergesa) on the east side of the sea.
27 And when he went forth to land,
there met him out of the city a certain man,
which had devils
{ie., demons} long time,
and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him,
and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus,
[thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
For oftentimes it had caught him:
and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters;
and he brake the bands,
and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name?
And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him
that he would not command them to go out into the deep
{GK=abussos, abyss}.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain:
and they besought him that he would suffer
{permit} them to enter into them.
And he suffered
{permitted} them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine:
and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34 When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled,
and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
35 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.
36 They also which saw [it] told them
by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about
besought him to depart from them;
for they were taken with great fear:
and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him
that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 Return to thine own house,
and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.
And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city
how great things Jesus had done unto him.
 
A woman healed; Jairus' daughter raised.
(Mat 9:18-26; Mark 5:22-43)
40. And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned,
the people [gladly] received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus,
and he was a ruler of the synagogue:
and he fell down at Jesus' feet,
and besought him that he would come into his house:
42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age,
and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,
which had spent all her living upon physicians,
neither could be healed of any,
44 Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment:
and immediately her issue of blood stanched
{ie., stopped}.
45 And Jesus said, Who touched me?
When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said,
Master, the multitude throng thee and press [thee],
and sayest thou, Who touched me?
46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me:
for I perceive that virtue
{GK=dunamis, power, force} is gone out of me.
47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid,
she came trembling, and falling down before him,
she declared unto him before all the people
for what cause she had touched him,
and how she was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort:
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
{cp. Luk 7:50}
49 While he yet spake,
there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's [house],
saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
50 But when Jesus heard [it], he answered him, saying,
Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came into the house,
he suffered
{permitted} no man to go in,
save
{except} Peter, and James, and John,
and the father and the mother of the maiden.
52 And all wept, and bewailed her:
but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand,
and called, saying, Maid, arise.
55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway:
and he commanded to give her meat.
56 And her parents were astonished:
but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
Jairus had "one only" {GK=monogenes, only begotten} daughter.
     Luke uses this word three times, each referring to an 'only begotten' child, whom God's 'only begotten' Son delivered from demons or death. (See v.42; Luk 7:12; 9:38,39.)
     As with those three individuals, there was no hope of human help for the woman with a longstanding issue of blood (cp. v.43,49). There was 'one only' who could help them all.
     Like Jairus' daughter, this woman was also a daughter of Abraham. Abraham's offering of his only begotten son, Isaac (Heb 11:17-19), foreshadowed God's provision of His only begotten Son, that we might be delivered from sin and death (Joh 1:14,18; 3:16,18).
     That Son, alone, accomplished our deliverance through His own blood (Rom 3:23-26). But His redemptive work applies only to those who put their faith in Him and what He has done for us (cp. 48,50).
 

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