Luke 8:39

Translations

Modern

“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“Return to your house and relate how much God did for you.” And he went away, proclaiming through the whole city how much Jesus did for him.

Latin

Redi in domum tuam, et narra quanta tibi fecit Deus. Et abiit per universam civitatem, prædicans quanta illi fecisset Jesus.

Original

Greek

English

“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.

Notes

Luke 8:39

Return home: The role of disciples is to proclaim to the world what Jesus has done for them.

Luke 8:26–39

Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: This is known as an exorcism. This story showed the power Jesus has over spiritual forces. It also contrasted the healed man's faith and commitment to Jesus with the fear and rejection of people in the town.

Events

Gadarene Demoniacsc. AD 28

Related verses

1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Luke 17:15–18
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
John 4:29
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
Mark 1:45
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
Psalm 126:2–3
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Daniel 4:34–37
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Psalm 66:16
Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Daniel 4:1–3
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.

Parallels

Matthew 8:28–34 Mark 5:1–20

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Luke, Gospel of Miracle

Topics

Converts: Gadarenes Converts: Zealous: The Man Possessed by Demons Jesus, the Christ: Miracle of the Swine (In Gadara) Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of The Demoniacs in Gadara (Gerasa) Healed Miracles of Jesus, in Chronological Order: Throws Demons out of Two Men of Gadara (Gerasa) Power of Testimony Regeneration: General Scriptures Concerning Testimony: Religious Thankfulness: To God: The Demon-Possessed Man Who Was Exorcized

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