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Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65], at sacred-texts.com


Luke Chapter 8

Luke 8:2

luk 8:2

Mary Magdalene - Or Mary of Magdala, a town in Galilee: probably the person mentioned in the last chapter.

Luke 8:4

luk 8:4

Mat 13:1; Mar 4:1.

Luke 8:15

luk 8:15

Who - keep it - Not like the highway side: And bring forth fruit - Not like the thorny ground: With perseverance - Not like the stony.

Luke 8:16

luk 8:16

No man having lighted a candle - As if ho had said, And let your good fruit appear openly. Mat 5:15; Mar 4:21; Luk 11:33.

Luke 8:17

luk 8:17

For nothing is hid - Strive not to conceal it at all; for you can conceal nothing long. Mat 10:26; Mar 4:22; Luk 12:2.

Luke 8:18

luk 8:18

The word commonly translated seemeth, wherever it occurs, does not weaken, but greatly strengthens the sense. Mat 13:12; Mar 4:25; Luk 19:26.

Luke 8:19

luk 8:19

Mat 12:46; Mar 3:31.

Luke 8:22

luk 8:22

Mat 8:23; Mar 4:35.

Luke 8:26

luk 8:26

Mat 8:28; Mar 5:1.

Luke 8:29

luk 8:29

For many times it had caught him - Therefore our compassionate Lord made the more haste to cast him out.

Luke 8:31

luk 8:31

The abyss - That is, the bottomless pit.

Luke 8:32

luk 8:32

To enter into the swine - Not that they were any easier in the swine than out of them. Had it been so, they would not so soon have dislodged themselves, by destroying the herd.

Luke 8:37

luk 8:37

Mat 9:1; Mar 5:18.

Luke 8:40

luk 8:40

Mar 5:21.

Luke 8:52

luk 8:52

She is not dead but sleepeth - Her soul is not separated finally from the body; and this short separation is rather to be called sleep than death.


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