King James Version
What Does Luke 6:18 Mean?
“And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.”
Context
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And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
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And he came down with them, and stood in the plain , and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
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And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
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And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
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And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible CommentaryCHAPTER 5 Lu 5:1-11. Miraculous Draught of Fishes--Call of Peter, James, and John.
Not their first call, however, recorded in Joh 1:35-42; nor their second, recorded in Mt 4:18-22; but their third and last before their appointment to the apostleship. That these calls were all distinct and progressive, seems quite plain. (Similar stages are observable in other eminent servants of Christ.)
**3. taught ... out of the ship--**(See on Mt 13:2).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
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