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Commentaries on Luke 4:40

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Now when the sun was setting,.... And so the sabbath was over; [See comments on Matthew 8:16]. all they that had any sick, with divers diseases, brought them unto him; that is, as many of the inhabitants of Capernaum as had sick persons in their houses, let their diseases be what they would, brought them to Christ in Simon's house; which, sabbath being over, they might do consistent with their...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We left Christ newly baptized, and owned by a voice from heaven and the descent of the Holy Ghost upon him. Now, in this chapter, we have, I. A further preparation of him for his public ministry by his being tempted in the wilderness, of which we had the same account before in Matthew as we have here, ver. 1-13. II. His entrance upon his public work in Galilee (ver. 14, 15), particularly, 1. At...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Now when the sun was setting, Ah, it is setting with some of you! Those gray hairs are like the streaks of light upon the horizon as the sun goes down; but blessed be God, he who heals the spiritually sick in the early morning, by bringing children to himself, does not cease to work until the sun goes down. Luk_4:40. All they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him and he...