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Luke 8:27

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

KJV

ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὑπήντησεν ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἔχων δαιμόνια, καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον, καὶ ἐν οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔμενεν ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν.

Greek NT

Et cum egressus esset ad terram, occurrit illi vir quidam, qui habebat dæmonium jam temporibus multis, et vestimento non induebatur, neque in domo manebat, sed in monumentis.

Vulgate

And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

ASV

And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time. And he wore no clothes: neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δαιμόνιον
daimonion
noun · 63×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μνῆμα
mnema
noun · 10×
οἰκία
oikia
noun · 94×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνδύω
enduo
verb · 28×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἱκανός
ikanos
adjective · 40×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπαντάω
upantao
verb · 11×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ὑπήντησεν | WH/NIV: ὑπήντησεν | Treg/RP: + αὐτῷ
  • ὑπήντησενSBLGNT
  • ὑπήντησενWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔχων | WH/NIV: ἔχων | Treg/RP: ὃς εἶχεν
  • ἔχωνSBLGNT
  • ἔχωνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὃς εἶχενTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον | RP: ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν καὶ ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἐνεδιδύσκετο
  • καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιονSBLGNT
  • καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν καὶ ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἐνεδιδύσκετοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§550The coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's: "If it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."277 Jesus' exorcisms free some individuals from the domination of demons. They anticipate Jesus' great victory over "the ruler of this world".278 The kingdom of God will be definitively established through Christ's cross: "Go…

Cross-references

  • Luke 8:35 — Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
  • Luke 8:43 — And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
  • Luke 13:11 — And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  • Mark 5:2 — And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
  • Mark 5:15 — And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
  • Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu