Luke 8:39
“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.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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loading…Original language & word study
24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑπόστρεφε | hupostrephe | do return | G5290 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| οἶκόν | oikon | house | G3624 → |
| σου | sou | of you | G4771 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| διηγοῦ | diēgou | do relate | G1334 → |
| ὅσα | hosa | how much | G3745 → |
| σοι | soi | for you | G4771 → |
| ἐποίησεν | epoiēsen | has done | G4160 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεός. | theos | God. | G2316 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἀπῆλθεν | apēlthen | he departed | G565 → |
| καθ᾽ | kath᾽ | through | G2596 → |
| ὅλην | holēn | all | G3650 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| πόλιν | polin | city | G4172 → |
| κηρύσσων | kērussōn | proclaiming | G2784 → |
| ὅσα | hosa | how much | G3745 → |
| ἐποίησεν | epoiēsen | did | G4160 → |
| αὐτῷ | autō | for him | G846 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰησοῦς.¶ | Iēsous | Jesus. | G2424 → |
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