Luke 8

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Luke 8 gathers a parable and four miracles. Jesus travels with the Twelve and with women who support him from their own means, among them Mary Magdalene and Joanna. He tells the parable of the sower, seed on the path, the rock, the thorns, and the good soil, and explains it as the word of God received in four kinds of heart, adding that his true family are those who hear and do the word. Then he calms a storm on the lake, frees the Gerasene man possessed by a legion of demons and sends him home to tell what God has done, heals the woman who touched his cloak after twelve years of bleeding, and raises the daughter of Jairus with the words "Child, get up."

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Luke 8 is one of the busiest chapters in the Gospels, and it begins with a detail only Luke gives: the movement was funded by women. Mary Magdalene, freed from seven demons, Joanna, whose husband ran Herod's household, Susanna, and many others paid the bills as Jesus went from town to town. Then the parable that Jesus said explains all the others. A farmer flings seed, and it lands on a path, on rock, among thorns, and on good ground, and what happens next depends entirely on the ground. The seed, he explains, is the word of God, and the soils are hearts, and the only one that bears a crop is the one that hears, holds on, and keeps going. After that, four events in quick succession show what the word can do. A storm on the lake, a boat filling with water, disciples screaming that they are dying, and a man who wakes up, tells the wind to stop, and asks them where their faith is. A naked man living among tombs, chained and breaking chains, possessed by a legion, who ends the story clothed and sane at Jesus' feet, sent home to tell his town what God did. A woman who has bled for twelve years and spent everything on doctors, who touches the edge of his cloak in a crowd and is called out of hiding to be called daughter. And a synagogue ruler's twelve-year-old girl, dead before Jesus reaches the house, who hears him say child, get up, and gets up hungry. Who is this, the disciples ask in the boat. The chapter is the answer.

Historical and literary context

Luke alone records the women who financed Jesus' ministry; Joanna's husband managed Herod Antipas's household, which places support for Jesus inside the tetrarch's court. The parable of the sower reflects Palestinian farming, where seed was broadcast before plowing and paths, rock shelves, and thorns ran through the fields. Sudden windstorms on the Sea of Galilee are caused by air rushing down from the surrounding hills. The Gerasenes lived in the Decapolis, Gentile territory east of the lake, which explains the pigs. The woman with the bleeding was ritually unclean under Leviticus 15 and would have made anyone she touched unclean. Jairus led a synagogue; his daughter at twelve stood at the edge of adulthood.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 3 describe the traveling company and the women. Verses 4 to 15 give the parable of the sower, the reason for parables, and the explanation. Verses 16 to 18 add the lamp and the warning to listen well. Verses 19 to 21 redefine family around hearing and doing the word. Verses 22 to 25 narrate the storm. Verses 26 to 39 tell of the Gerasene demoniac, Legion, the pigs, the townspeople's fear, and the man's commission. Verses 40 to 56 interweave Jairus's plea, the healing of the bleeding woman, the news of the girl's death, and her raising.

Why this chapter matters

The parable of the sower is the parable Jesus himself explained and the one he said unlocks the others, and its four soils have been the church's basic picture of how the word is received. "Where is your faith?" on the lake, "Who touched Me?" in the crowd, and "Child, get up" at the bedside are among the Gospel's most vivid scenes and have been painted, preached, and sung for centuries. The women of verses 1 to 3 are the first named financial supporters of the Christian movement. The healed demoniac sent home to tell his story is Luke's picture of the first Gentile witness, and the woman who touched the cloak is the model of faith that reaches out in secret and is called into the open.

Interpretive tension to watch

Jesus says he speaks in parables "so that" outsiders may not understand, quoting Isaiah 6, a hard saying that readers soften as a description of what happens or take at face value as judgment. The destruction of the pigs, and the loss to their owners, sits uneasily with modern readers, as does the townspeople's request that Jesus leave. Whether the woman's healing "took power out of" Jesus without his will is a question the text raises and leaves. The girl is called "asleep" while everyone knows she is dead, and Jesus' command to tell no one contradicts the demoniac's command to tell everyone, a contrast that depends on the audience.

Вопросы к этой главе

  • The same seed falls on four soils. Which soil describes how you have received God's word in the last year, and what would change the soil?
  • The healed man wants to leave with Jesus and is sent home instead. When is staying where you are the harder obedience?
  • Jairus is told his daughter is dead and hears, "Do not be afraid; just believe." What does it mean to believe after the worst news has arrived?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

1 Bayan haka, Yesu da almajiransa goma sha biyu, su ka zagaya cikin birane da kauyuka dabam dabam, suna wa'azi da shelar labari mai dadi game da mulkin Allah, 2 mata da yawa wadanda Yesu ya warkar daga aljanu da cututtuka iri iri suna tafiya tare da su. A cikinsu akwai Maryamu wadda a ke ce da ita Magadaliya, wadda ya fitar da aljanu bakwai daga cikinta, 3 da Yuwana matar Kuza wakilin Hirudus, da Suzanatu da kuma wasu mata da yawa. Daga abin hannunsu suka tanada masu. 4 Wata rana aka tara taron mutane da yawa, saboda mutane su na zuwa daga birane da yawa domin su ga Yesu. Ya yi magana dasu cikin misali. 5 “Wani mai shuka ya tafi domin ya shuka iri. Sa'adda ya ke yafa iri, wadansu iri suka fada a kan hanya. Sai mutane suka tattake su, tsuntsaye kuma suka tsince wadansu suka cinye. 6 Wadansu kuma suka fada a kan duwatsu inda babu kasa da yawa. Da suka tsaro suka fara girma, sai nan da nan suka bushe saboda babu laima a wurin. 7 Wadansu irin kuma suka fada inda yake da kayayuwa. Tsiretsiren kayayuwan suka fito tare da irin da aka shuka, suka shake su yadda basu iya yin girma ba. 8 Amma wadansu irin suka fada a kan kasa mai kyau, suka yi girma sosai suka ba da anfani da yawa, har rubi dari.” Bayan da Yesu ya fadi wadannan abubuwan, sai ya yi kira gare su, “Duk mai kunnen ji, bari ya ji.” 9 Sai almajiran Yesu suka tambaye shi ya gaya ma su ma'anar labarin. 10 ya ce da su, “Ku aka ba dama ku gane boyayyun abubuwa, na mulkin Allah. Amma ga sauran mutane ina yi masu magana cikin misalai, 'Domin ko da sun gani ba za su gane ba, kuma ko da sun ji ba za su fahimta ba.” 11 To ga ma'anar misalin. Irin shi ne maganar Allah. 12 Irin da ya fada a kan hanya sune mutanen da suka ji maganar Allah amma daga baya sai shedan ya zo ya dauke maganar daga cikin hankulansu, domin kada su bada gaskiya su tsira. 13 Sa'annan, wadanda suka fada kan duwatsu sune mutanen da, da zarar sun ji maganar, sukan karbe ta da murna, amma ba su da sauyu; su kan bada gaskiya na dan lokaci kadan kawai, da zaran gwaji ya same su sai su ridda. 14 Irin da suka fada cikin kayayuwa, sune mutanen da suka ji maganar, amma da suka ci gaba da rayuwa, sai suka bari matsalolin rayuwa kamar dukiya da jin dadin rayuwa suka fi karfinsu, sai ya zama ba su iya bada 'ya'yan da suka yi girma ba. 15 Amma irin da suka fada a kan kasa mai kyau, wadannan sune mutanen da suka ji maganar, suka karbe ta da gaskiya da zuciya daya, sun rike ta kam-kam, suna jimrewa wurin ba da 'ya'ya. 16 Ba mai kunna fitila, ya rufe ta da kasko, ko su sa ta a karkashin gado. Amma sai a sa ta a wurin zaman ta domin duk wanda ya shigo ya iya ganin hasken ta. 17 Babu abin da yake a boye wanda ba za a tone shi ba, ko wani asiri da ba za ya fito fili a san shi ba. 18 Ku yi hankali da yadda kuke ji, domin duk mai abu, shi za a kara wa, kuma duk mara abu, dan kadan da yake tunani yana da shi ma, za a dauke.” 19 Sai mahafiyar Yesu da 'yan'uwansa, su ka zo wurinsa, amma ba su iya zuwa ko kusa da shi ba saboda taron jama'a. 20 Sai wani ya gaya masa, “Ga mahaifiyarka da 'yan'uwanka, su na tsayuwa a waje, su na son ganin ka.” 21 Amma Yesu ya amsa ya ce ma su, “Mahaifiyata da 'yan'uwana sune wadanda suke jin maganar Allah, suke yin biyayya da ita.” 22 Wata rana kuma Yesu ya shiga cikin jirgin ruwa, shi da almajiransa. Ya ce masu, “Ina so mu je dayan ketaren tafkin.” Sai su ka fara tafiya domin su ketare tafkin. 23 Amma sa'adda su ke tafiya sai Yesu ya yi barci, sai wata iska mai karfi ta taso cikin tafkin, nan da nan sai jirgin ya fara cika da ruwa, kuma su na cikin hatsari. 24 Sai almajiran Yesu su ka zo su ka tashe shi daga barci. Suka ce da shi, “Ya Shugaba! Ya Shugaba! Za mu mutu!” Sai ya tashi ya umarci iskar, sai iskar mai hauka da tumbatsar ruwan sun tsaya tsit. 25 Daga nan sai ya ce da su, “Ina bangaskiyar ku?” Almajiran suka tsorata suka yi mamakin abin da ya faru nan take. Suka ce wa junansu, “Wanene wannan wanda har zai ba iska da ruwa umarni kuma su yi masa biyayya?” 26 Suka zo yankin Garasinawa, wanda ke kusa da Gallili. 27 Sa'adda Yesu ya sauka kasa, sai wani mutum daga wannan yankin ya tarbe shi. Wannan mutum kuwa yana da aljanu. Mutumin ya dade ba ya sa tufafi, kuma ba ya zama a gida. Maimakon haka, sai a cikin kabarbura ya ke zama. 28 Sa'adda ya ga Yesu, mutumin ya yi ihu da karfi, ya rusuna a gabansa da babban murya ya ce, “Me zan yi da kai, Yesu, Dan Allah Madaukaki? Ina rokonka, kada ka ba ni azaba!” 29 Domin Yesu ya umarci aljanun su fita daga cikinsa, domin sau da dama aljanun sukan kama shi. Ko an daure mutumin da sarkoki an kuma tsare shi, yakan tsuttsunke su, kazaman ruhohin sukan kora shi cikin jeji. 30 Sa'annan Yesu ya tambaye shi, “Yaya sunanka?” Sai ya ba da amsa, “Suna na dubbai.” Ya ce haka ne domin aljanu da yawa sun shiga wannan mutum. 31 Aljanun suka yi ta rokon Yesu kada ya ummarce su su shiga cikin rami mai zurfi. 32 Akwai babban garken aladu su na kiwo a kan tsauni kusa da wurin. Aljanun suka roki Yesu da ya barsu su shiga cikin aladun, shi kuwa ya yarda masu. 33 Aljanun suka bar mutumin suka shiga cikin aladun, sai garken aladun suka gangara kwari suka fada cikin tafkin, suka nutse. 34 Lokacin da mutanen da su ke kiwon aladun suka ga abin da ya faru, sai suka gudu! Suka ba da rahoton abin da ya faru ga mutanen cikin gari da na wannan kewayen. 35 Don haka, mutanen da suka ji haka suka tafi domin su ga abin da ya faru, suka zo wurin da Yesu yake, suka ga mutumin wanda aljanu suka fita daga cikinsa. Suka ga ya na sanye da tufafi, kuma ya na cikin hankalinsa, sai tsoro ya kama su. 36 Mutanen da suka ga abin da ya faru, suka gaya wa wadansu yadda aka warkar da mutumin da aljanu suke iko da shi. 37 Sai dukan mutane wadanda suke cikin yankin Garasinawa da wadanda suke kewaye, suka roki Yesu da ya fita daga cikin yankin kasarsu domin sun ji tsoro kwarai da gaske. Daga nan Yesu da almajiransa suka shiga cikin jirgin ruwa suka koma. 38 Mutumin wanda aljanu suka fita daga cikinsa, ya roki Yesu cewa, “Ka barni in tafi tare da kai!” Amma Yesu ya sallame shi cewa, 39 “Ka koma gida ka gaya wa mutanen ka abubuwa masu girma wadanda Allah ya yi maka.” Daga nan sai mutumin ya tafi yana ta gayawa dukan mutanen birnin game da abubuwan da Yesu ya yi masa. 40 Sa'adda Yesu ya dawo, mutanen suka marabce shi, gama, dukansu suna jiransa. 41 Sai ga wani mutum mai suna Yayirus, daya daga cikin shugabannin majami'a, ya zo kusa da Yesu ya rusuna da kansa a kasa. Ya roke shi domin ya zo gidansa, 42 saboda diyarsa mai kimanin shekara goma sha biyu ta na bakin mutuwa, kuma ita kadai ce diya a gare shi. Amma sa'adda yake tafiya, taron mutane da yawa suna matsa shi. 43 Akwai wata mace a nan wadda take zubar jini har shekara goma sha biyu. Ta kashe kudinta duka a wurin likitoci, domin su warkar da ita amma ba wanda ya iya warkar da ita. 44 Sai ta biyo ta bayan Yesu ta taba habar rigarsa. Nan take sai zubar jinin ya tsaya. 45 Yesu ya ce, “Wanene ya taba ni?” Wadanda suke kewaye da shi, kowa ya ce bai taba shi ba, Bitrus ya ce, “Shugaba, mutane da yawa suna ta taruwa kewaye da kai suna ta matsowa kusa da kai.” 46 Amma Yesu ya ce, “Na sani, wani ya taba ni, domin iko ya fita daga wurina.” 47 Sa'adda matar ta gane cewa ba za ta iya boyewa ba, sai ta zo wurinsa cikin tsoro. Ta durkusa a gaban Yesu, ta fada a gaban dukan jama'a dalilin da ya sa ta taba shi kuma nan da nan ta warke. 48 Sai ya ce da ita, “Diya, bangaskiyarki ta warkar da ke. Tafi cikin salama.” 49 Yana cikin yin magana, wani daga cikin gidan shugaban majami'ar ya zo, ya ce, “Diyarka ta riga ta mutu, kada ka dami malam.” 50 Amma sa'adda Yesu ya ji haka, sai ya ce da shi, “Kada ka ji tsoro. Ka bada gaskiya za ta rayu.” 51 Sa'adda ya zo gidan, bai bar kowa ya shiga gidan tare da shi ba sai Bitrus da Yahaya da Yakubu, da mahaifiyar yarinyar da babanta. 52 Dukan mutane a wurin, suna ta kuka da karfi saboda sun damu da yarinyar ta mutu. Amma Yesu ya ce da su, “Ku dena kuka! Ba mutuwa ta yi ba! Barci ta ke yi kawai!” 53 Mutanen suka yi ma sa dariyan reni, saboda sun sani yarinyar ta mutu. 54 Amma ya kama hannun ta yayi kira cewa, “Yarinya, na ce ki tashi!” 55 Nan da nan ruhun ta ya dawo jikin ta sai ta tashi. Ya ce masu su ba ta wani abu ta ci. 56 Iyayenta suka yi mamaki, amma Yesu ya ce da iyayen kada su gaya wa kowa abin da ya faru.

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