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Selected Verse: Luke 9:11 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 9:11 |
King James |
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
need of
See (Luk 4:40); (Rom 5:20).
Wherever there is need acknowledged the Lord is ready to meet it. Men might have put the bodily need of healing first, since that is keenly felt. Spiritual need is often the greatest where there is the least consciousness of it.
Compare (Rev 3:17). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The people - followed him - Observe here five grand effects of Divine grace.
1. The people are drawn to follow him.
2. He kindly receives them.
3. He instructs them in the things of God.
4. He heals all their diseases.
5. He feeds their bodies and their souls. See Quesnel.
Reader! Jesus is the same to the present moment. Follow him, and he will receive, instruct, heal, feed, and save thy soul unto eternal life. |
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.