Passage Research
Luke 8 — Sermon Preparation
The parable of the sower, a storm stilled, a demoniac healed across the lake, and the healing of a hemorrhaging woman and Jairus's daughter. Below is a research summary for Luke 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 56
- verses
- 1086 / 312
- Greek words / lemmas
- 27
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Luke 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐξέρχομαι | exérchomai | G1831 | 9 | come, depart, escape, get out |
| δαιμόνιον | daimónion | G1140 | 7 | devil, god |
| ἅπτω | háptomai | G680 | 5 | touch |
| πίπτω | píptō | G4098 | 5 | fail, fall, light on |
| πόλις | pólis | G4172 | 5 | city |
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 5 | company, multitude, number, people |
| εἰσέρχομαι | eisérchomai | G1525 | 5 | arise, come, enter in, go in |
How preachers through history handled this text
27 public-domain excerpts on Luke 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 8:22–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Galilee 1— Luke 8:26
- Gerasa— Luke 8:26
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