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Luke 8:35 Explained in Context
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Verse 35. 35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 8:35 shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle.
Read It With
- Luke 8:26–8:39
Read Luke 8:35 with 8:26–8:39. In isolation, this contribution—shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: A naked, isolated man among tombs meets Jesus; the oppressive spirits call themselves Legion, enter swine that drown, townspeople fear, and the clothed man is sent home to tell God's work.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 8:35 shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle. This precise contribution belongs inside “A Restored Man Becomes a Witness in Gentile Territory” because A naked, isolated man among tombs meets Jesus; the oppressive spirits call themselves Legion, enter swine that drown, townspeople fear, and the clothed man is sent home to tell God's work.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 8:26–8:39.
- A naked, isolated man among tombs meets Jesus; the oppressive spirits call themselves Legion, enter swine that drown, townspeople fear, and the clothed man is sent home to tell God's work.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: Geographic names vary among manuscripts, and Legion may carry Roman resonance without becoming a secure anti-imperial code. Ancient possession language is not a modern diagnosis.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle—from the complete unit or override the unit's explicit boundary: The story does not justify unsafe exorcism, animal cruelty, psychiatric stigma, Roman conspiracy mapping, or forcing a restored person to leave support.
What Remains True
Luke 8:35 shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle. Read inside Luke 8:26–8:39, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: A naked, isolated man among tombs meets Jesus; the oppressive spirits call themselves Legion, enter swine that drown, townspeople fear, and the clothed man is sent home to tell God's work. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 8:35 shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Center the restored person's dignity, voice, clothing, community, and chosen witness while using careful evidence and qualified care; do not stigmatize mental distress or copy hazardous rituals.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 8:35's specific contribution to Luke 8:26–8:39: shows the formerly tormented man clothed, clear-minded, and seated with Jesus as a person rather than a spectacle. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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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 8:26–8:39, 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, 8:26–8:39
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 8:26–8:39
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