Luke 8:34-37

8:34 When ¹  the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news ²  in the town ³  and countryside. 8:35 So ⁴  the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They ⁵  found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 8:36 Those ⁶  who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed. ⁷  8:37 Then ⁸  all the people of the Gerasenes ⁹  and the surrounding region ¹⁰  asked Jesus ¹¹  to leave them alone, ¹²  for they were seized with great fear. ¹³  So ¹⁴  he got into the boat and left. ¹⁵ 

[8:34]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:34]  ² tn Or “reported it.” This verb is used three times in the next few verses (vv. 36, 37), showing how the healing became a major topic of conversation in the district.

[8:34]  ³ tn Or “city.”

[8:35]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the people’s response to the report.

[8:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “Jesus, and they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[8:36]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:36]  ⁷ tn Or “had been delivered”; Grk “had been saved.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation. They were only discussing the healing.

[8:37]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:37]  ⁹ tc See the tc note on “Gerasenes” in v. 26 for the same geographical options for the textual variants.

[8:37]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes,” but according to L&N 1.80, “περίχωρος may include not only the surrounding region but also the point of reference, for example…‘the Gerasenes and the people living around them’ Lk 8:37.”

[8:37]  ¹¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:37]  ¹² tn Or “to depart from them.”

[8:37]  ¹³ sn Again there is great fear at God’s activity, but there is a different reaction. Some people want nothing to do with God’s presence. Mark 5:16 hints that economic reasons motivated their request.

[8:37]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ departure was the result of the Gerasenes’ response. A new sentence was started in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

[8:37]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “returned,” but the effect is that he departed from the Gerasene region.