The Meaning of Luke 8:35 Explained

Luke 8:35

KJV: Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

YLT: and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

Darby: And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. And they were afraid.

ASV: And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then  they went out  to see  what was done;  and  came  to  Jesus,  and  found  the man,  out of  whom  the devils  were departed,  sitting  at  the feet  of Jesus,  clothed,  and  in his right mind:  and  they were afraid. 

What does Luke 8:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 8:26-39 - "great Things" For One In Great Need
The victim. In referring to but one demoniac the evangelist would probably concentrate attention on the more prominent of the two mentioned by Matthew. There must have been some collusion between the elements of the storm and the demons in this man. Everything seemed to oppose the Lord's assertion of His right to be obeyed. If demons could possess a man with such power, what might not Christ do if we yielded ourselves absolutely to Him! There must have been some secret yielding on this man's part, or his heart had never become a garrison of demons. He mistook Christ's identity, confusing it with that of the demons. Naked; vile; mighty to destroy! What a terrible combination!
His masters. The evil one dreads to be unclothed and would prefer to be in a pig than in the abyss-that word means "without bottom." Once begin to fall, where will it end? The Jews had no right to keep swine, whatever price the Romans were prepared to pay, Leviticus 11:7. Christ left Gadara, but left a preacher there. We are not taken out of the world, but sent to witness to it and against it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 8

1  Women minister unto Jesus of their own means
4  Jesus, after he had preached from place to place,
9  explains the parable of the sower,
16  and the candle;
19  declares who are his mother, and brothers;
22  rebukes the winds;
26  casts the legion of demons out of the man into the herd of pigs;
37  is rejected by the Gadarenes;
43  heals the woman of her bleeding;
49  and raises Jairus's daughter from death

What do the individual words in Luke 8:35 mean?

They went out then to see that having taken place and they came to - Jesus found sitting the man from whom the demons had gone out clothed being of sound mind at the feet - of Jesus they were afraid
ἐξῆλθον δὲ ἰδεῖν τὸ γεγονὸς καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν εὗρον καθήμενον τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀφ’ οὗ τὰ δαιμόνια ἐξῆλθεν ἱματισμένον σωφρονοῦντα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐφοβήθησαν

ἐξῆλθον  They  went  out 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἐξέρχομαι 
Sense: to go or come forth of.
ἰδεῖν  to  see 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active
Root: εἶδον 
Sense: to see with the eyes.
τὸ  that 
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
γεγονὸς  having  taken  place 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Active, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: γίνομαι  
Sense: to become, i.
ἦλθον  they  came 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἔρχομαι  
Sense: to come.
τὸν  - 
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Ἰησοῦν  Jesus 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰησοῦς  
Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
εὗρον  found 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: εὑρίσκω  
Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with.
καθήμενον  sitting 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: κάθημαι  
Sense: to sit down, seat one’s self.
ἄνθρωπον  man 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: ἄνθρωπος  
Sense: a human being, whether male or female.
οὗ  whom 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ὅς 
Sense: who, which, what, that.
δαιμόνια  demons 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural
Root: δαιμόνιον  
Sense: the divine power, deity, divinity.
ἐξῆλθεν  had  gone  out 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἐξέρχομαι 
Sense: to go or come forth of.
ἱματισμένον  clothed 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: ἱματίζω  
Sense: to clothe.
σωφρονοῦντα  being  of  sound  mind 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: σωφρονέω  
Sense: to be of sound mind.
παρὰ  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: παρά  
Sense: from, of at, by, besides, near.
πόδας  feet 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root: πούς  
Sense: a foot, both of men or beast.
τοῦ  - 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Ἰησοῦ  of  Jesus 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰησοῦς  
Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
ἐφοβήθησαν  they  were  afraid 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Root: φοβέομαι 
Sense: to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away).