The Meaning of Luke 8:39 Explained

Luke 8:39

KJV: Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

YLT: 'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

Darby: Return to thine house and relate how great things God has done for thee. And he went away through the whole city, publishing how great things Jesus had done for him.

ASV: Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Return  to  thine own  house,  and  shew  how great things  God  hath done  unto thee.  And  he went his way,  and published  throughout  the whole  city  how great things  Jesus  had done  unto him. 

What does Luke 8:39 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

Greek Commentary for Luke 8:39

Throughout the whole city [κατ ολην την πολιν]
Mark 5:20 has it “in Decapolis.” He had a great story to tell and he told it with power. The rescue missions in our cities can match this incident with cases of great sinners who have made witnesses for Christ. [source]
Shew [διηγοῦ]
Rather relate, recount, with the idea of telling the story throughout ( διά ). See on declaration, Luke 1:1. [source]
Throughout the whole city []
Mark says in Decapolis. [source]
How great things [ὅσα]
Lit., how many things, and thus according with recount. Declared all things throughout, as many as Jesus had done.sa40 [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 8:39

Luke 9:10 Declared [διηγήσαντο]
Related everything throughout ( διά ). See on Luke 8:39; and Luke 1:1. [source]
Acts 9:27 Declared [διηγήσατο]
Related throughout. See on Luke 8:39; and compare on declaration, Luke 1:1. [source]
Acts 13:41 Declare [ἐκδιηγῆται]
Only here and Acts 15:3. See on shew, Luke 8:39. The word is a very strong expression for the fullest and clearest declaration: declare throughout. [source]
Hebrews 11:32 To tell [διηγούμενον]
Lit. the time will fail me telling: if I tell. See on Mark 9:9, and comp. Mark 5:16; Luke 8:39; Luke 9:10; Acts 9:27, and διήγησις narrative(A.V. declaration ), Luke 1:1. Gideon, etc. These names of the four judges are not enumerated in chronological order. Samuel is closely connected with David as in the history, but with τε καὶ as introducing the new order of the prophets. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 8:39 mean?

Return to the house of you and relate all that for you has done - God he departed through all the city proclaiming had done for him Jesus
Ὑπόστρεφε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ διηγοῦ ὅσα σοι ἐποίησεν Θεός ἀπῆλθεν καθ’ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν κηρύσσων ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς

Ὑπόστρεφε  Return 
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: ὑποστρέφω  
Sense: to turn back.
οἶκόν  house 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: οἶκος  
Sense: a house.
σου  of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
διηγοῦ  relate 
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Middle or Passive, 2nd Person Singular
Root: διηγέομαι  
Sense: to lead or carry a narration through to the end.
ὅσα  all  that 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: ὅσος  
Sense: as great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoever.
σοι  for  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 2nd Person Singular
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
ἐποίησεν  has  done 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ποιέω  
Sense: to make.
  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Θεός  God 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: θεός  
Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities.
ἀπῆλθεν  he  departed 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀπέρχομαι  
Sense: to go away, depart.
καθ’  through 
Parse: Preposition
Root: κατά 
Sense: down from, through out.
πόλιν  city 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: πόλις  
Sense: a city.
κηρύσσων  proclaiming 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κηρύσσω  
Sense: to be a herald, to officiate as a herald.
ἐποίησεν  had  done 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ποιέω  
Sense: to make.
αὐτῷ  for  him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Ἰησοῦς  Jesus 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰησοῦς  
Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.