Luke 4:38 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 4:38

After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon’s wife’s mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

KJV

And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Luke having first introduced a man delivered from an evil spirit, goes on to relate the healing of a woman. For our Lord had come to heal each sex, and he ought first to be healed who was first created. Hence it is said, And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. But if we weigh these things with deeper thoughts, we shall consider the health of the mind as well as the body; that the mind which was assailed by the wiles of the devil may be released first.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We should notice, in this passage — the clear religious knowledge possessed by the devil and his agents. Twice in these verses we have proof of this. "I know you who you are — the holy one of God!" was the language of an demon in one case. "You are Christ the son of God," was the language of many demons in another case. Yet this knowledge was a knowledge unaccompanied by faith, or hope, or charity. Those who possessed it were miserable evil beings — full of bitter hatred both against God and man.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀναστὰς	Anastas	Having risen up	G450 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἀπὸ	apo	out of	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
συναγωγῆς	sunagōgēs	synagogue	G4864 →
εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	He entered	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκίαν	oikian	house	G3614 →
Σίμωνος.	Simōnos	of Simon.	G4613 →
πενθερὰ	penthera	mother-in-law	G3994 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Σίμωνος	Simōnos	of Simon	G4613 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
συνεχομένη	sunechomenē	oppressed with	G4912 →
πυρετῷ	puretō	a fever	G4446 →
μεγάλῳ,	megalō	great,	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠρώτησαν	ērōtēsan	they appealed	G2065 →
αὐτὸν	auton	to Him	G846 →
περὶ	peri	for	G4012 →
αὐτῆς.	autēs	her.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 11:22
But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
leads to
- John 9:31
  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- John 11:41–42
  So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
- Mark 9:23
  “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Hebrews 11:17–19
  By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
Through
1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
leads to
- John 1:42
  Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- 1 Corinthians 7:39
  A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.