Luke 8:27

8:27 As ¹  Jesus ²  stepped ashore, ³  a certain man from the town ⁴  met him who was possessed by demons. ⁵  For a long time this man ⁶  had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among ⁷  the tombs.

Luke 8:29

8:29 For Jesus ⁸  had started commanding ⁹  the evil ¹⁰  spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so ¹¹  he would be bound with chains and shackles ¹²  and kept under guard. But ¹³  he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted ¹⁴  places.) ¹⁵ 

[8:27]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:27]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27]  ³ tn Grk “stepped out on land.”

[8:27]  ⁴ tn Or “city.”

[8:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “who had demons.”

[8:27]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the demon-possessed man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27]  ⁷ tn Or “in.”

[8:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  ⁹ tc ‡ Although the external evidence favors the aorist παρήγγειλεν (parhngeilen, “he commanded”; Ì⁷⁵ B Θ Ξ Ψ Ë¹³ 579 700 1241 1424 2542 pm), the internal evidence favors the imperfect παρήγγελλεν (parhngellen, here translated “he had started commanding”; א A C K L W Γ Δ 1 33 565 892 pm). The aorist is suspect because it can more easily be taken as a single command, and thus an immediate exorcism. The imperfect would most likely be ingressive (BDF §§328; 329; 331), suggesting that Jesus started to command the evil spirit to depart, and continued the command.

[8:29]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “unclean.”

[8:29]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so,” introducing a clause that gives the result of the man being seized by the demon.

[8:29]  ¹² tn Or “fetters”; these were chains for the feet.

[8:29]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:29]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “into the deserts.” The plural use here has been translated as “deserted places,” that is, uninhabited areas.

[8:29]  ¹⁵ sn This is a parenthetical, explanatory comment by the author.