Luke 8:2

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
certain	τινες tines	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — nominative plural feminine
women	γυναῖκές gunaikes	G1135	a woman · noun — nominative plural feminine
which	αἳ hai	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — nominative plural feminine
been	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
healed	τεθεραπευμέναι tetherapeumenai	G2323	to wait upon menially · verb — perfect passive participle, nominative plural feminine
of	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
evil	πονηρῶν ponērōn	G4190	hurtful · adjective — genitive plural neuter
spirits	πνευμάτων pneumatōn	G4151	a current of air · noun — genitive plural neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
infirmities	ἀσθενειῶν, astheneiōn	G769	feebleness (of mind or body) · noun — genitive plural feminine
Mary	Μαρία Maria	G3137	Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam) · noun — nominative singular feminine, a proper name
called	καλουμένη kaloumenē	G2564	to "call" (properly · verb — present passive participle, nominative singular feminine
Magdalene	Μαγδαληνὴ Magdalēnē	G3094	a female Magdalene · noun — nominative singular feminine, a people or place name
of	ἀφ᾽ aph᾽	G575	"off · preposition
whom	ἧς hēs	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — genitive singular feminine
went	ἐξεληλύθει, exelēluthei	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
seven	ἑπτὰ hepta	G2033	seven · adjective — numeral, indeclinable
devils	δαιμόνια daimonia	G1140	a dæmonic being · noun — nominative plural neuter

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Cross-references

Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
Matthew 27:55-56 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
Mark 15:40-41 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and a…
Luke 23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Luke 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:1-3

We are here told, I. What Christ made the constant business of his life - it was preaching; in that work he was indefatigable, and went about doing good (Luk 8:1), afterward - en tō kathexēs - ordine, in the proper time or method. Christ took his work before him and went about it regularly. He observed a series or order of business, so that the end of one good work was the beginning of another. Now observe here, 1. Where he preached: He went about - diōdeue - peragrabat. He was an itinerant preacher, did not confine himself to one place, but diffused the beams of his light. Circumibat - He went his circuit, as a judge, having found his preaching perhaps most acceptable where it was new. H…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:2

certain women . . . healed, &c.--on whom He had the double claim of having brought healing to their bodies and new life to their souls. Drawn to Him by an attraction more than magnetic, they accompany Him on this tour as His almoners--ministering unto Him of their substance. Blessed Saviour! It melts us to see Thee living upon the love of Thy ransomed people. That they bring Thee their poor offerings we wonder not. Thou hast sown unto them spiritual things, and they think it, as well they might, a small thing that Thou shouldst reap their material things (Co1 9:11). But dost Thou take it at their hand, and subsist upon it? "Oh, the depth of the riches" (Rom 11:33) --of this poverty of His!…

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Adam Clarke on Luke 8:2

Out of whom went seven devils - Who had been possessed in a most extraordinary manner; probably a case of inveterate lunacy, brought on by the influence of evil spirits. The number seven may here express the superlative degree. Mary Magdalene is commonly thought to have been a prostitute before she came to the knowledge of Christ, and then to have been a remarkable penitent. So historians and painters represent her: but neither from this passage, nor from any other of the New Testament, can such a supposition be legitimately drawn. She is here represented as one who had been possessed with seven demons; and as one among other women who had been healed by Christ of evil (or wicked) spirits an…

The Church Fathers

(Hom. 33. in Ev.) For what is understood by the seven devils, but all vices? For since all time is comprehended by seven days, rightly by the number seven is universality represented: Mary therefore had seven devils, for she was full of every kind of vice.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

But Mary is by interpretation, "bitter sea," because of the loud wailing of her penitence; Magdalene, "a tower, or rather belonging to a tower," from the tower of which it is said, Thou art become my hope, my strong tower from the face of my enemy. (Ps. 61:3.)
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Mary Magdalene is the same of whose repentance, without mention of her name, we have just read. For the Evangelist, when he relates her going with our Lord, rightly distinguishes her by her known name, but when describing the sinner but penitent, He speaks of her generally as a woman; lest the mark of her former guilt should blacken a name of so great report. Out of whom seven devils are reported to have gone, that it might be shown that she was full of all vices.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Mary Magdalene — Different explanations have been given of this name; but the most natural is that she came from the town of Magdala. She appears before us for the first time in (Luke 8:2) among the women who…
Demons · Mary Magdalene — Mary Magdalene

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Luke 8:2

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:2

Adam Clarke on Luke 8:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 8:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 8:2

Adam Clarke on Luke 8:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Luke 8:2

John Calvin on Luke 8:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 8:2-3