Verse Lens · Context pointer
Luke 6:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
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Role in This Section
Luke 6:19 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “Blessings and Woes Name Real Reversal” at Luke 6:19: “And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all”.
Read It With
- Luke 6:17–6:26
Read Luke 6:19 with 6:17–6:26. Luke 6:19 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “Blessings and Woes Name Real Reversal” at Luke 6:19: “And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: On a level place among disciples and crowds, Jesus heals, then addresses the poor, hungry, weeping, and rejected with blessing and warns the rich, full, laughing, and praised.
Why It Needs Context
Luke 6:19 contributes the following verse-specific detail to “Blessings and Woes Name Real Reversal” at Luke 6:19: “And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all”. Its short connective, pronoun, reply, or scene detail depends on Luke 6:17–6:26; isolation would detach the selected wording from the actor, referent, or development that explains it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Luke 6:17–6:26 — Blessings and Woes Name Real ReversalSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 6:17–6:26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 6:17–6:26
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 6:17–6:26
Open source ↗