The Meaning of Luke 14:4 Explained

Luke 14:4

KJV: And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

YLT: and they were silent, and having taken hold of him, he healed him, and let him go;

Darby: But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

ASV: But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  they held their peace.  And  he took  [him], and healed  him,  and  let him go; 

What does Luke 14:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 14:1-6 - The Lament For Those Who "would Not"
Our Lord was at that time in Perea, in the jurisdiction of Herod, who probably desired to get rid of Him, lest His presence should introduce political complications. Our Lord saw through and exposed his stratagem. How awful to be read by the light of divine purity! He also kept His eye on heaven's dial-plate, and knew that He was immortal till His work was done.
Jerusalem was clearly indicated as the scene of His death; and the city was already so deeply dyed with martyr blood that it would hardly have been congruous for Him to suffer anywhere else. Note that pathetic wail of disappointed love. God's brooding love desires to interpose between us and the hovering peril; but we have the awful power to neglect or reject the covering wings of the Shechinah. See Ruth 2:12 and Psalms 91:4.
In Luke 14:1-6 we have a specimen of Christ's table-talk, which He continues through the Luke 14:24. Though He knew that He was being watched, nothing could stanch His power and love. If men care for their beasts, how much more will Christ care for men! [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 14

1  Jesus heals the dropsy on the Sabbath;
7  teaches humility;
12  to feast the poor;
15  under the parable of the great supper,
23  shows how worldly minded men shall be shut out of heaven
25  Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must make their accounts beforehand,
31  lest with shame they revolt from him afterward;
34  and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that has lost its flavor

Greek Commentary for Luke 14:4

Took him [επιλαβομενος]
Second aorist middle participle of επιλαμβανω — epilambanō an old verb, only in the middle in the N.T. It is not redundant use, “took and healed,” but “took hold of him and healed him.” Only instance in the N.T. of its use in a case of healing. [source]
Let him go [απελυσεν]
Probably, dismissed from the company to get him away from these critics. [source]
Took []
Took hold of him. Luke 20:20; 1 Timothy 6:12. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 14:4

Acts 22:2 They were the more quiet [μαλλον παρεσχον ησυχιαν]
Literally, The more Precisely this idiom occurs in Plutarch and the lxx (Job 34:29). Knowling notes the fondness of Luke for words of silence (σιγη σιγαω ησυχαζω — sigēsigaōhēsuchazō) as in Luke 14:4; Luke 15:26; Acts 11:18; Acts 12:17; Acts 15:12; Acts 21:14, Acts 21:40. It is a vivid picture of the sudden hush that swept over the vast mob under the spell of the Aramaic. They would have understood Paul‘s Koiné{[28928]}š Greek, but they much preferred the Aramaic. It was a masterstroke. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 14:4 mean?

- But they were silent And having taken hold [of him] He healed him let [him] go
Οἱ δὲ ἡσύχασαν Καὶ ἐπιλαβόμενος ἰάσατο αὐτὸν ἀπέλυσεν

Οἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἡσύχασαν  they  were  silent 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἡσυχάζω  
Sense: to keep quiet.
ἐπιλαβόμενος  having  taken  hold  [of  him] 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἐπιλαμβάνομαι  
Sense: to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to.
ἰάσατο  He  healed 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἰάομαι  
Sense: to cure, heal.
ἀπέλυσεν  let  [him]  go 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀπολύω  
Sense: to set free.

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