KJV King James Version
And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 4:36
And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
WEB World English Bible
Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
ASV American Standard Version
And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, ‘What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?’
Surrounding context — Luke 4
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beθάμβοςG2285 · thambosamazementἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstπάντας,G3956 · pasallκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυνελάλουνG4814 · sullaleōto talk withπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withἀλλήλουςG240 · allēlōnone anotherλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayτίςG5101 · tiswhich?ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοςG3056 · logoswordοὗτοςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἐξουσίᾳG1849 · exousiaauthorityκαὶG2532 · kaiandδυνάμειG1411 · dunamispowerἐπιτάσσειG2004 · epitassōto commandτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀκαθάρτοιςG169 · akathartosuncleanπνεύμασιν,G4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξέρχονται;¶G1831 · exerchomaito go out
Cross-references
Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.Mark 7:37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.1 Peter 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine [is] this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.Luke 10:17-20And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.Acts 19:12-16So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.Matthew 12:22-23Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.Mark 16:17-20And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;Matthew 9:33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Luke 4:36
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →