Luke 8:38
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
KJV
ἐδέετο δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀφ’ οὗ ἐξεληλύθει τὰ δαιμόνια, εἶναι σὺν αὐτῷ· ἀπέλυσεν δὲ αὐτὸν λέγων·
Greek NT
Et rogabat illum vir, a quo dæmonia exierant, ut cum eo esset. Dimisit autem eum Jesus, dicens :
Vulgate
But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,
ASV
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὁ Ἰησοῦς — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- Acts 9:13 — Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
- John 4:40 — So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
- John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- Mark 5:18 — And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
- Mark 5:18 — And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
- Ps 145:3 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.