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Luke 5:15

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Luke 5:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
Luke 5:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.
14And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
16But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
17And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
18And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him, etc.] For the more he charged the man to keep silence, the more he blazed it abroad, being elated with the cure he received, and filled with gratitude to his benefactor; (<410145>Mark 1:45). And great multitudes came together to hear: him, or from him, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add; to hear the doctrines of the Gospel preached by him: “and to be healed by him of their infirmities”; their bodily weaknesses and disorders.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“LEPER HEALED. (Luk 5:12-16) But so, &c.--(See Mar 1:45).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See the notes at Matthew 8:2-4. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“so: Pro 15:33; Ti1 5:25 went: Mat 4:23-25, Mat 9:26; Mar 1:28, Mar 1:45 great: Luk 12:1, Luk 14:25; Mat 4:25, Mat 15:30, Mat 15:31; Mar 2:1, Mar 2:2, Mar 3:7; Joh 6:2 Luke 5:16”
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