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Luke 8 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 7 Spurgeon 7 Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 5 Luther 1 John Wesley 1 George Whitefield 1

“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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