Luke 9:11 — Community Reflections

LUKE 9:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.”

But the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing — the crowd's following disrupts the planned withdrawal, and Jesus welcomes them rather than dismissing them. Welcomed (apodexamenos, received, welcomed warmly) communicates the openness to the interruption. Spoke about the kingdom and healed: the double ministry continues even in the rest-context.

Church Fathers on Luke 9:11

Matthew and Mark, taking occasion from what had occurred above, relate here how John was slain by Herod. But Luke, who had long before given an account of John’s sufferings, after mentioning that perplexity of Herod’s, as to who our Lord was, immediately adds, And the apostles when they were returned told him all that they had done.
Augustine · 4th century

But they not only tell Him what they had done and taught, but also, as Matthew implies, the things which John suffered while they were occupied in teaching, are now repeated to Him either by His own, or, according to Matthew, by John’s disciples.
Bede · 8th century

Our Lord because He hates the men of blood, and those that dwell with them, as long as they depart not from their crimes, after the murder of the Baptist left the murderers and departed; as it follows, And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Isidore of Seville · 7th century

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