King James Version
What Does Luke 4:39 Mean?
“And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”
Context
37
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
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.
41
And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. to speak: or, to say that they knew him to be Christ
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**24-30. son of Matthat, &c.--**(See on Mt 1:13-15). In Lu 3:27, Salathiel is called the son, while in Mt 1:12, he is called the father of Zerubbabel. But they are probably different persons.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
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