Luke 8:27 — Community Reflections

LUKE 8:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.”

When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs — the naked, tomb-dwelling, demon-possessed man is the most extreme expression of human desolation in the Gospels. For a long time communicates the duration of his suffering — this is not a recent condition but an established identity. The three negatives (no clothes, no house, no community) communicate complete social and human dissolution.

Church Fathers on Luke 8:27

The Savior, as He sailed with His disciples, came to a port, as it is said, And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Many accurate copies have neither “Gerazenes” nor “Gadarenes,” but “Gergezenes.” For Gadara is a city in Judea, but neither lake nor sea is found at it, and Geraza is a city of Arabia, having neither lake nor sea near. But Gergeza, from which the Gergezenes are called, is an ancient city near the lake of Tiberias, above which is a rock hanging over the lake, into which they say the swine were dashed down by the devils. But since Gadara and Geraza border upon the land of the…
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For Geraza is a famous city of Arabia, on the other side of the Jordan, close to the mountain of Galaad, which was possessed by the tribe of Manasseh, and not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were cast headlong.
Bede · 8th century

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