Luke 8:29
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.
KJV
(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.)
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
32 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| παρήγγειλεν | parēngeilen | He was commanding | G3853 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| τῷ | tō | to the | G3588 → |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | spirit | G4151 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἀκαθάρτῳ | akathartō | unclean | G169 → |
| ἐξελθεῖν | exelthein | to come out | G1831 → |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| ἀνθρώπου· | anthrōpou | man; | G444 → |
| πολλοῖς | pollois | Many | G4183 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| χρόνοις | chronois | times | G5550 → |
| συνηρπάκει | sunērpakei | it had seized | G4884 → |
| αὐτόν, | auton | him, | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐδεσμεύετο | edesmeueto | he was shackled | G1195 → |
| ἁλύσεσιν | halusesin | with chains | G254 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| πέδαις | pedais | in fetters | G3976 → |
| φυλασσόμενος, | phulassomenos | being kept, | G5442 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| διαρρήσσων | diarrēssōn | breaking | G1284 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| δεσμὰ | desma | chains | G1199 → |
| ἠλαύνετο | ēlauneto | he was driven | G1643 → |
| ὑπὸ | hupo | by | G5259 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| δαιμονίου | daimoniou | demon | G1140 → |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| ἐρήμους. | erēmous | deserts. | G2048 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
Walks through Luke 8
Afterlife Vocabulary
Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, Tartarus, the Abyss, and Paradise — six words English hid inside one, disambiguated and sourced.
Open the study →
Walks through Luke 8
Demonology
What Scripture actually says about the unseen adversary — named, bounded, and already defeated.
Open the study →
Walks through Luke 8
Mary Magdalene: the Witness at the Tomb · MannaFest
Open the study →
Walks through Luke 8
Why Jesus Spoke in Parables
The disciples asked the question outright — Matthew 13:10 — and Jesus answered it from Isaiah 6. One form of speech that reveals and conceals at once, and the text says both without blushing.
Open the study →
Walks through Luke 8
The Seed
Open the study →
Walks through Luke 8
The Throne Vision: Isaiah 6
Open the study →
About Luke
