Luke 6:18 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 6:18

They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.

BSB

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ASV

and they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.

KJV

And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

But observe all things carefully, how He both ascends with His Apostles and descends to the multitude; for how could the multitude see Christ but in a lowly place. It follows him not to the lofty places, it ascends not the heights. Lastly, when He descends, He finds the sick, for in the high places there can be no sick.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bonaventure

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 6 (1257)

As for the inciting causes, it is added: Who had come to hear him, as regards the illumination of truth in the mind, and to be healed of their infirmities, as regards the cure of health in the flesh. And this was a right intention, …

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Vexed - The word “vex” with us means to provoke, or irritate by petty provocations. Here it means, however, to “afflict,” to “torment” - denoting deep and heavy trials. Unclean spirits - Demons that were impure and unholy, having a delight in tormenting, and in inflicting painful and loathsome diseases.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	[18] And	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἐνοχλούμενοι	enochloumenoi	being troubled	G1776 →
ἀπὸ	apo	with	G575 →
πνευμάτων	pneumatōn	spirits	G4151 →
ἀκαθάρτων	akathartōn	unclean	G169 →
ἐθεραπεύοντο.	etherapeuonto	were healed.	G2323 →

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
Matthew 17:15
“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
leads to
- Matthew 4:24
  News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 15:22
And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
leads to
- Matthew 9:27
  As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
- Matthew 17:15
  “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
- Mark 7:25–26
  Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
- Psalms 45:12
  The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Psalms 4:1
  Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Through
Acts 5:16
Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
leads to
- Mark 16:17–18
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Mark 2:3–4
  Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Luke