Text -- Luke 9:42 (NET)

9:42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 9:42

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the boy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn At this point the boy was thrown down in another convulsion by the demon. See L&N 23.168.

⁴ tn See L&N 23.167-68, where the second verb συσπαράσσω (susparassw) is taken to mean the violent shaking associated with the convulsions, thus the translation here “and shook him with convulsions.”

⁵ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

⁶ sn This is a reference to an evil spirit. See Luke 4:33.