Luke 5:15

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
more	μᾶλλον mallon	G3123	(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather · adverb
there	Διήρχετο Diērcheto	G1330	to traverse (literally) · verb — imperfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
fame	λόγος logos	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — nominative singular masculine
abroad	διέρχομαι diérchomai	G1330	to traverse (literally)
of	περὶ peri	G4012	properly · preposition
him	αὐτοῦ· autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
great	πολλοὶ polloi	G4183	(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — nominative plural masculine
multitudes	ὄχλοι ochloi	G3793	a throng (as borne along) · noun — nominative plural masculine
together	συνήρχοντο sunērchonto	G4905	to convene · verb — imperfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
hear	ἀκούειν akouein	G191	to hear (in various senses) · verb — present active infinitive
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
healed	θεραπεύεσθαι therapeuesthai	G2323	to wait upon menially · verb — present passive infinitive
by	ὑπ᾽ hup᾽	G5259	under · preposition
him	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
of	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
their	αὐτῶν· autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
infirmities	ἀσθενειῶν astheneiōn	G769	feebleness (of mind or body) · noun — genitive plural feminine

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Cross-references

Matthew 15:30-31 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus…
Matthew 4:23-25 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness…
Luke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began…
Matthew 9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
Mark 1:45-2:2 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city,…
Mark 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
Mark 3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,
Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luk 5:12-14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city (Luk 5:12); it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist would not name it, perhaps because it was a reflection upon the government of the city that a leper was suffered to be in it. This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which the more fitly represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no soundness in us. Now let us learn here, 1. What we must do in the sense of our spiritual leprosy. (1.) We must seek Jesus, enquire after him,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

LEPER HEALED. (Luk 5:12-16) But so, &c.--(See Mar 1:45).

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:14

And offer for thy cleansing - A Hindoo, after recovering from sickness, presents the offerings he had vowed when in distress, as a goat, sweetmeats, milk, or any thing directed by the Shaster. All nations agreed in these gratitude-offerings for benefits received from the object of their worship.

John Gill on Luke 5:15

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him,.... For the more he charged the man to keep silence, the more he blazed it abroad, being elated with the cure he received, and filled with gratitude to his benefactor; Mark 1:45. And great multitudes came together to hear: him, or from him, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add; to hear the doctrines of the Gospel preached by him: "and to be healed by him of their infirmities"; their bodily weaknesses and disorders.

John Calvin on Luke 5:12-16

Luke 5:12-16 Matthew 8:1-4 Mark 1:40-45 Luke 5:12-16 1. And when he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2. And, lo, a leper, approaching, worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me. 3. And Jesus, having stretched out his hand, touched him, saying, I am willing; be thou clean: and immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4. And Jesus saith to him, See that thou do not tell it to any man: but go, show thyself to the priest, and present the offering which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 40. And a leper came to him, beseeaching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If thou art willing, thou art able to cleans…

The Church Fathers

Though the leper was silent, the voice of the transaction itself was sufficient to publish it to all who acknowledged through him the power of the Curer.
— Cyril of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

And although the Lord in giving out remedies advised telling them to no one, instructing us to avoid pride; yet His fame flew about every where, instilling the miracle into the ears of every one, as it follows, But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him.
— John Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Now the perfect healing of one brings many multitudes to the Lord, as it follows, And great multitudes came together that they should be healed. For the leprous man that he might show both his outward and inward cure, even though forbid ceases not, as Mark says, to tell of the benefit ho had received.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Galilee, Sea of — (Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names. (1.) In the Old Testament it is called the “sea of Chinnereth” (Num. 34:11; Josh. 12:3; 13:27), as is supposed from its…

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Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:14

John Gill on Luke 5:15

John Calvin on Luke 5:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:14

John Gill on Luke 5:15

John Calvin on Luke 5:12-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 5:14