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
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Greek
24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὑπήντησεν — SBLGNT
- ὑπήντησεν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτῷ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ἔχων — SBLGNT
- ἔχων — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὃς εἶχεν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον — SBLGNT
- καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν καὶ ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἐνεδιδύσκετο — Robinson-Pierpont
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