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Luke 8:17
Luke 8:17
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Luke 8 — OverviewLuke 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMost of this chapter is a repetition of divers passages of Christ's
preaching and miracles which we had before in Matthew and Mark; they
are all of such weight, that they are worth repeating, and therefore
they…Luke 8 — OverviewLuke 8 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLuke 8:1, Women minister unto Christ of their substance; Luke 8:4, Christ, after he had preached from place to place, attended by his apostles, propounds the parable of the sower, Luke 8:16. and the candle; Luke 8:19,…Luke 8:1-21Luke 8:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe evangelistic circuit.
Observe—
I. THE PLAN OF CIRCUIT. (Luke 8:1.) "He went," or "went about," or "kept journeying." Hitherto Capernaum had been the centre from which short excursions were taken, the Lord always…Luke 8:1-21Luke 8:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryIncidents in evangelistic work.
We have now to contemplate Jesus as fairly loosed from Capernaum as the centre of his mission work, and as making systematically the tour of the province of Galilee. The "beloved…Luke 8:1-56Luke 8:1-56 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONLuke 8:4-21Luke 8:4-21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe former paragraph began with an account of Christ's industry in
preaching (v. 1); this begins with an account of the people's industry
in hearing, v. 4. He went into every city, to preach; so they, one
would…
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