St. Luke's brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus.
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Luke 8:1-3
Luke 8:1-3
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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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 8:1-3Luke 8:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe 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
(v. 1), afterward--en to kathexes--ordine, in the proper…Luke 8:1Luke 8:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd it came to pass afterward. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's way of life. From this time forward Jesus ceased to make Capernaum "his city," his usual residence; he now journeys with his little band…Luke 8:1Luke 8:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe gospel of the kingdom.
In a parallel passage in Matthew (Matthew 4:23) we read that Jesus went about all Galilee, "preaching the gospel of the kingdom;" here we read of the same thing in a very slightly different…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…
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