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LUKE 8:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 8:39Luke 8:41
“And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.”
Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him — the return to the Jewish side of the lake is welcomed by a waiting crowd — the contrast with the Gerasene community that asked Jesus to leave. All expecting him: the anticipation has been built by the reports of his ministry.

Church Fathers on Luke 8:40

After relating the miracle of the Gadarenes, Luke goes on to relate that of the ruler of the synagogue’s daughter; saying, And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

Augustine · 4th century

At once both because of His teaching, and His miracles.

Theophylact · 11th century

The name is inserted for the sake of the Jews, who ho at that time well knew the event, that the name might be a demonstrative proof of the miracle. And there came not one of the lowest, but a ruler of the synagogue, that the mouths of the Jews might be the more closed. As it follows, And he was a ruler of the synagogue. Now he came to Christ because of his need; for grief sometimes urges us to do those things which are right, according to the Psalm, Hold their mouths with…

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