But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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And they helde their peace. And he toke him and healed him and let him goo:
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And they held their peace. Then he tooke him, and healed him, and let him goe,
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Passages linked to Luke 14:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 21:25-27 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.” They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 4 And they held their peace. And he took…
4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
Ver. 4. And he took him] Good must be done, however it be taken.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they held their peace,.... Or were silent, choosing…
And they held their peace,.... Or were silent, choosing to say nothing, which might countenance such an action; and yet knew not how to condemn it:
and he took him, and healed him, and let him go; he took him by the hand, or laid his hands on him; he touched him, and, it may be, stroked the part affected, and in an instant the prodigious swelling of his body came down: for he who at his rebuke could dry up the sea, could by a touch dry up such a quantity of water, as was in this man's body; and then he dismissed him from the table and company, and he went home perfectly cured.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. They held their peace.] They could not…
Verse 4. They held their peace.] They could not answer the question but in the affirmative; and as they were determined to accuse him if he did heal the man, they could not give an answer but such as would condemn themselves, and therefore they were silent.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They held their peace - They were silent. They…
They held their peace - They were silent. They “could” not say it was not lawful, for the law did not forbid it. If it had they would have said it. Here was the time for them to make objections if they had any, and not after the man was healed; and as they “made” no objection “then,” they could not with consistency afterward. They were, therefore, effectually silenced and confounded by the Saviour.
He took him - Took hold of the man, or perhaps took him apart into another room. By taking hold of him, or touching him, he showed that the power of healing went forth from himself.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Held their peace—Unable to condemn what their law…
4. Held their peace—Unable to condemn what their law permitted; unwilling to concede a point on which so much cavil had been founded. Jesus proposes the old question, as if the advantage had fairly turned on his side.
Took… healed… let go—Displaying his own mastery before their watching eyes with a sort of calm, majestic omnipotence.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. they held their peace] It was the silence…
4. they held their peace] It was the silence of a splenetic pride and obstinacy which while secretly convinced determined to remain unconvinced. But such silence was His complete public justification. If the contemplated miracle was unlawful why did not they—the great religious authorities of Judaism—forbid it?
he took him] Rather, taking hold of him, i.e. laying his hand upon him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) And he took him.—Better, he laid hold on…
(4) And he took him.—Better, he laid hold on him. The healing was, in this instance, effected by actual contact.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they held their peace. What could they say?…
And they held their peace. What could they say? If they had pressed the absurd restrictions with which they hedged round the sabbath day, they felt they would be crushed by one of the Master"s deep and powerful arguments. They had hoped he would have acted on the impulse of the moment, and healed the sufferer or else failed; but his calm question confused them. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go. With one of his majestic exercises of Divine power so slight a task to Christ the deadly disease was cured in a moment, and then, with quiet crushing contempt, the Physician passed into the Rabbi, and to the awe-struck guests he put a question; it was his apology for the late infringement of the traditions of the sabbath day. What had they to say?
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 But they kept silent
But they kept silent
The religious leaders refused to answer Jesus' question.
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So Jesus took hold of him
"So Jesus took hold of the man who suffered from edema"
Which of you who has a son or an ox ... will not immediately pull him out?
Jesus uses a question because he wanted them to admit that they would help their son or ox, even on the Sabbath. Therefore, it was right for him to heal people even on the Sabbath. AT: "If one of you has a son or an ox ... you would surely pull him out immediately." (See: Rhetorical Question)
They were not able to give an answer
They knew the answer and that Jesus was right, but they did not want to admit that he was correct. AT: "They had nothing to say"
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