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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/CodexGigas_524_Luke.jpg/500px-CodexGigas_524_Luke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4361" data-file-height="7541" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> text of Luke 6:40–9:9 in<br /><a href="/wiki/Codex_Gigas" title="Codex Gigas">Codex Gigas</a> (13th century)</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Luke 8</b> is the eighth chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that <a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke the Evangelist</a>, a companion of <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul the Apostle</a> on his missionary journeys,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> composed both this <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts of the Apostles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter mentions the women who supported <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and records some of the great miracles he performed, as well as several <a href="/wiki/Parables_of_Jesus" title="Parables of Jesus">parables told by him</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Halley_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halley-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 56 verses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a> (175–225)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325–350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330–360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (~400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus" title="Codex Washingtonianus">Codex Washingtonianus</a> (~400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400–440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (~450; extant verses 29–56)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_women_who_sustained_Jesus_(8:1–3)"><span id="The_women_who_sustained_Jesus_.288:1.E2.80.933.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_1–3"></span>The women who sustained Jesus (8:1–3)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The women who sustained Jesus (8:1–3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8:1–3&version=nkjv">Luke 8:1–3</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Following a "fairly static period",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus continues his itinerant ministry within "every city and village" within <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In verses 2 and 3, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary called Magdalene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joanna,_wife_of_Chuza" title="Joanna, wife of Chuza">Joanna the wife of Chuza</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Susanna_(disciple)" title="Susanna (disciple)">Susanna</a> are named as women who provided material sustenance to Jesus during his travels, along with other unnamed women. While <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> mentioned the names of the women present at the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">cross</a>, Luke only refers them as "the women that followed him [Jesus] from Galilee" (<a href="/wiki/Luke_23#Verse_49" title="Luke 23">Luke 23:49</a>), but he names them at the end in the story of the women's visit to the <a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">empty tomb</a> ("It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles." <a href="/wiki/Luke_24:10" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke 24:10">Luke 24:10</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two passages with the names of some women alongside the mention of the <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">"twelve" and "apostles"</a>, respectively (Luke 8:1–3 and <a href="/wiki/Luke_24:10" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke 24:10">Luke 24:10</a>), "form a literary <i>inclusio</i>" which brackets the major part of Jesus' ministry (leaving out only the earliest part of it).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Richard Bauckham</a>, this surely implies that Luke receives his special information from "one (most likely Joanna) or more than one of" the women.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eric Franklin notes that the "seven <a href="/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">demons</a>" from which Mary had been liberated reflected "the severe nature of her illness", not an earlier life of immorality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parable_of_the_sower_(8:4–15)"><span id="Parable_of_the_sower_.288:4.E2.80.9315.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_4–15"></span>Parable of the sower (8:4–15)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parable of the sower (8:4–15)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower" title="Parable of the Sower">Parable of the Sower</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG/220px-Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG/330px-Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Representation_of_the_Sower%27s_parable.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption>An icon depicting the Sower (Biserica Ortodoxă din Deal, <a href="/wiki/Cluj-Napoca" title="Cluj-Napoca">Cluj-Napoca</a>, Romania)</figcaption></figure> <p>The words of verse 4, <i>a great crowd was gathered, and people were coming to Jesus from every town</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> suggest that in each city or village those who lived there were joined by a multitude who travelled with Jesus to hear him preach. Protestant writer <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> interprets καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν, <i>kai tōn kata polin</i> as meaning <i>also</i> those coming city by city.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus tells a story to the crowd. In the story, a sower sowed <a href="/wiki/Seed" title="Seed">seed</a> on the path, on rocky ground and among thorns, locations which offered "no hope of a <a href="/wiki/Harvest" title="Harvest">harvest</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the seed was lost; but when seed fell on <a href="/wiki/Fertile_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertile soil">good earth</a> it grew a hundredfold (verse 8). </p><p>This parable, sometimes called the "Parable of the Soils",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is also found in the <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#13:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 13:1–23</a> and <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#4:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 4:1–20</a>. In Luke's account, Jesus tells this parable to the large crowd assembled "from every city" (verse 4), whereas in <a href="/wiki/Matthew%27s_gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew's gospel">Matthew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a>'s accounts it is one of the parables Jesus taught from a boat off the shore of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_13:2" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew 13:2">Matthew 13:2</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4:1&version=nkjv">Mark 4:1</a>). Luke has Jesus teach from a boat in the lake in <a href="/wiki/Luke_5" title="Luke 5">chapter 5</a> but he does not detail there the content of Jesus's teaching. <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">Non-conformist</a> minister <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Maclaren" title="Alexander Maclaren">Alexander Maclaren</a> pictures such crowds assembling to listen to Jesus that "the cities of <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> seemed emptied out to hear Him", and thus the reader can see many who would hear the word and bear fruit "a hundredfold", as well as how many who would "fall away".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parable_of_the_lamp_(8:16–18)"><span id="Parable_of_the_lamp_.288:16.E2.80.9318.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_16–18"></span>Parable of the lamp (8:16–18)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parable of the lamp (8:16–18)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lamp_under_a_bushel" title="Lamp under a bushel">Lamp under a bushel</a></div> <p>In this parable, Jesus notes that no-one lights a lamp and then hides it: the lamp is put on a stand, so that people may see it. Use of the light, to see <i>by</i> it, is highlighted in paraphrase versions.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Verse 16 is repeated at <a href="/wiki/Luke_11" title="Luke 11">Luke 11:33</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Verses 16 and 17 point to the future that the word of the Lord would grow 'mightily and prevailed' (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Acts#19:20" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Acts">Acts 19:20</a>), with verse 18 giving warning to listen to it 'with patient endurance' and discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mother_and_brothers_of_Jesus_(8:19–21)"><span id="Mother_and_brothers_of_Jesus_.288:19.E2.80.9321.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_19–21"></span>Mother and brothers of Jesus (8:19–21)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mother and brothers of Jesus (8:19–21)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This passage records that Jesus' mother and brothers came seeking him. When Jesus was informed of their presence, he answered by extending the family relationship to all those who "hear the word of God and do it".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937–938_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937–938-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mary and Jesus' brothers would later be counted among the earliest disciples waiting for the gift of the Spirit (<a href="/wiki/Acts_1:14" class="mw-redirect" title="Acts 1:14">Acts 1:14</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_storm_calmed_(8:22–25)"><span id="The_storm_calmed_.288:22.E2.80.9325.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_22–25"></span>The storm calmed (8:22–25)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The storm calmed (8:22–25)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Calming_the_storm" title="Calming the storm">Calming the storm</a></div> <p>Jesus and his disciples were crossing the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a> one evening in a boat when a furious storm came up, with the waves breaking over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion, but the disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. This account is also recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_8:23" title="Matthew 8:23">8:23</a>–<a href="/wiki/Matthew_8:27" title="Matthew 8:27">27</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_4" title="Mark 4">4:35–41</a>). As <a href="/wiki/Genesis_1:2" title="Genesis 1:2">Genesis 1:2</a> states how the Spirit of God tamed the waters at creation, Moses with the command over the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Exodus_14" class="mw-redirect" title="Exodus 14">Exodus 14</a>; cf. <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_51" title="Isaiah 51">Isaiah 51</a>:9 of God's victory over the sea at <a href="/wiki/The_Exodus" title="The Exodus">the Exodus</a>) and Elijah with command over the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a> (<a href="/wiki/2_Kings_2" title="2 Kings 2">2 Kings 2</a>:8), thus Jesus, as 'God's final act of redemption', here revealed his total power over "the deep".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Gerasene_demoniac_(8:28–39)"><span id="The_Gerasene_demoniac_.288:28.E2.80.9339.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_28–39"></span>The Gerasene demoniac (8:28–39)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Gerasene demoniac (8:28–39)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Gerasene_demoniac" title="Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac">Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac</a></div> <p>The miracle took place when Jesus went across the lake to the land of the Gerasenes (or <a href="/wiki/Umm_Qais" title="Umm Qais">Gadarenes</a>), the modern <a href="/wiki/Jerash" title="Jerash">Jerash</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jordan_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordan (country)">Jordan</a>. There a man possessed by an evil spirit came from the caves to meet him. No one could bind this man anymore, not even with a chain, for no one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name don't torture me!" For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!" </p> <dl><dd>Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many". And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.</dd></dl> <p>A large herd of <a href="/wiki/Pig" title="Pig">pigs</a> was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. </p><p>The term 'the Most High God' used to call Jesus's father by the tormented man, was also used by the spirit-possessed slave girl at Philippi who was later healed by Paul (<a href="/wiki/Acts_16:17" class="mw-redirect" title="Acts 16:17">Acts 16:17</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Raising_of_Jairus'_daughter_and_healing_the_bleeding_woman_(8:40–56)"><span id="Raising_of_Jairus.27_daughter_and_healing_the_bleeding_woman_.288:40.E2.80.9356.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Verses_40–56"></span>Raising of Jairus' daughter and healing the bleeding woman (8:40–56)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Raising of Jairus' daughter and healing the bleeding woman (8:40–56)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Jairus%27_daughter" title="Raising of Jairus' daughter">Raising of Jairus' daughter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jesus_healing_the_bleeding_woman" title="Jesus healing the bleeding woman">Jesus healing the bleeding woman</a></div> <p>The story immediately follows the exorcism at Gerasa. Back in Galilee, <a href="/wiki/Jairus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jairus">Jairus</a>, a patron or ruler of a Galilee <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a>, had asked Jesus to heal his 12-year-old daughter, who was dying (in Matthew's account, Jairus used hyperbolic expressions<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in his anxiety: ‘My daughter is even now dead’). As they were travelling to Jairus' house, a sick woman in the crowd touched the border (or possibly the <a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_fringed_garments#New_Testament" title="Christianity and fringed garments">fringe</a>) of Jesus' cloak and was healed of her sickness. Jairus' daughter was then reported as having died, and Jairus was therefore advised not to trouble Jesus, 'the teacher', any further. Jesus, however, continued to the house, stating that the girl was not dead but asleep, and restored her to health. The chapter ends with Jesus' commands that the girl should be fed and that Jairus and his wife should tell no-one what had happened. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tzitzit"><i>Tzitzit</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tzitzit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tzitzit" title="Tzitzit">Tzitzit</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChildTzitzit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/ChildTzitzit.jpg/150px-ChildTzitzit.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/ChildTzitzit.jpg/225px-ChildTzitzit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/ChildTzitzit.jpg/300px-ChildTzitzit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1043" data-file-height="1357" /></a><figcaption>A child's <i>tzitzit</i> attached to school shirt</figcaption></figure> <p>Luke's and Matthew's accounts specify that the bleeding woman touched the "<a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_fringed_garments" title="Christianity and fringed garments">fringe</a>" of his cloak, using the Greek word <i>kraspedon</i>, which also appears in <a href="/wiki/Mark_6" title="Mark 6">Mark 6</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i> article on fringes in scripture, the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a> (one of the sects of <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple_Judaism" title="Second Temple Judaism">Second Temple Judaism</a>) who were the progenitors of modern <a href="/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism" title="Rabbinic Judaism">Rabbinic Judaism</a>, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_23" title="Matthew 23">Matthew 23</a>:5), a reference to the formative <a href="/wiki/Tzitzit" title="Tzitzit"><i>çîçîth</i> (<i>tzitzit</i>)</a>. Because of the Pharisees' authority, people regarded the fringe as having a mystical quality.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johanna" title="Johanna">Johanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Magdalene" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary of Magdalene">Mary of Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jesus" title="Ministry of Jesus">Ministry of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Jesus" title="Miracles of Jesus">Miracles of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parables_of_Jesus" title="Parables of Jesus">Parables of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_(disciple)" title="Susanna (disciple)">Susanna (disciple)</a></li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Numbers_15" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbers 15">Numbers 15</a>; <a href="/wiki/Deuteronomy_22" title="Deuteronomy 22">Deuteronomy 22</a>; <a href="/wiki/Joshua_10" title="Joshua 10">Joshua 10</a>; <a href="/wiki/Matthew_8" title="Matthew 8">Matthew 8</a><a href="/wiki/Matthew_11" title="Matthew 11">, 11</a><a href="/wiki/Matthew_12" title="Matthew 12">, 12</a><a href="/wiki/Matthew_13" title="Matthew 13">, 13</a><a href="/wiki/Matthew_14" title="Matthew 14">, 14</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mark_4" title="Mark 4">Mark 4</a><a href="/wiki/Mark_5" title="Mark 5">, 5</a><a href="/wiki/Mark_6" title="Mark 6">, 6</a><a href="/wiki/Mark_15" title="Mark 15">, 15</a>; <a href="/wiki/Luke_7" title="Luke 7">Luke 7</a><a href="/wiki/Luke_23" title="Luke 23">, 23</a><a href="/wiki/Luke_24" title="Luke 24">, and 24</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Luke has another bigger <i>inclusio</i> using Simon Peter as "both the first and the last disciple to be named in his Gospel" (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#4:38" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 4:38</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#24:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 24:34</a>), similar to <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerusalem Bible (1966), "Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels", New Testament p. 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Holman-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Holman_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Halley-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Halley_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Halley, Henry H. <i>Halley's Bible Handbook</i>: an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFranklin2007">Franklin 2007</a>, p. 937.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Barnes_(theologian)" title="Albert Barnes (theologian)">Barnes, A.</a> (1834), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/luke/8.htm">Barnes' Notes</a> on Luke 8, accessed 2 January 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBauckham2017131_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBauckham2017">Bauckham 2017</a>, p. 131.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8:4&version=ncv">Luke 8:4</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_Century_Version" title="New Century Version">New Century Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Meyer, H. A. W. (1880), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/luke/8.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on Luke 8, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 2 January 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sproul, R. C., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tabletalkmagazine.com/daily-study/2008/06/parable-soils/">The Parable of the Soils</a>, Ligonier Ministries, accessed 19 July 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maclaren, A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/maclaren/luke/8.htm">MacLaren Expositions of Holy Scripture</a> on Luke 8, accessed 19 July 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8:16&version=msg">Luke 8:16</a>: <a href="/wiki/The_Message_(Bible)" title="The Message (Bible)">The Message</a> version by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_H._Peterson" title="Eugene H. Peterson">Eugene H. Peterson</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Luke/8/type/auv">Luke 8:16 in William E. Paul's <i>An Understandable Version</i></a>, published 2015, accessed 11 September 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Gill_(theologian)" title="John Gill (theologian)">Gill, J.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/luke/11.htm">Gill's Exposition</a> on Luke 11, accessed 11 September 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937–938-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007937–938_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFranklin2007">Franklin 2007</a>, pp. 937–938.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranklin2007938_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFranklin2007">Franklin 2007</a>, p. 938.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The People's New Testament Commentary</i> by M. Eugene Boring and Fred B. Craddock (2004) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0664227546" title="Special:BookSources/0664227546">0664227546</a> p. 126</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>κράσπεδον/kraspedon</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2899&t=KJV">Strong's G2899</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKnight2009" class="citation cs2">Knight, Kevin (2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06307b.htm">"Fringes (in Scripture)"</a>, <i>The Catholic Encyclopedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 December</span> 2011</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fringes+%28in+Scripture%29&rft.btitle=The+Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Knight&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newadvent.org%2Fcathen%2F06307b.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+8" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_8&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBauckham2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bauckham" title="Richard Bauckham">Bauckham, Richard</a> (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=J2lAvgAACAAJ"><i>Jesus and the Eyewitnesses</i></a> (2nd ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780802874313" title="Special:BookSources/9780802874313"><bdi>9780802874313</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jesus+and+the+Eyewitnesses&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Wm.+B.+Eerdmans+Publishing&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9780802874313&rft.aulast=Bauckham&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJ2lAvgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+8" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFranklin2007" class="citation book cs1">Franklin, Eric (2007). "59. Luke". In <a href="/wiki/John_Barton_(theologian)" title="John Barton (theologian)">Barton, John</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_Muddiman" title="John Muddiman">Muddiman, John</a> (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ"><i>The Oxford Bible Commentary</i></a> (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">922–</span>959. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0199277186" title="Special:BookSources/978-0199277186"><bdi>978-0199277186</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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