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Luke 4:40

Luke 4:40
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Not willingly, nor of themselves, but at the word and command of Christ, who ordered them to depart,

crying out and saying; as they left the bodies, of men, and not with any goodwill to Christ:…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

When the sun was setting - And consequently the Sabbath ended, for before this it would have been unlawful to have brought their sick to be healed.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 4:31-44

When Christ was expelled Nazareth, he came to Capernaum, another city of Galilee. The account we have in these verses of his preaching and miracles there we had before, Mar 1:21, etc. Observe,

I. His…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Luke 4:40-44

Healing the Sick at Evening

40. when the sun was setting Sunset ended the Sabbath, and thus enabled Jews, without infringing on the many minute - abhoth" and - toldoth" i. e. primary and subordinate…