Luke 6:18

They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator describes a moment after Jesus descends with His disciples to stand on a level place before a massive crowd gathered from Judea, Jerusalem, and the Tyre and Sidon coast. The people approach Him specifically to listen to His teaching and seek relief from illness and demonic oppression.

The words — The Greek verbs ἦλθον (ēlthon, "came") and ἰαθῆναι (iathēnai, "to be healed") frame the crowd’s purpose, showing that physical arrival preceded the request for restoration. The infinitive ἀκοῦσαι (akousai, "to hear") further specifies that their presence was directed toward Jesus’ instruction.

The thread — This pattern of crowds gathering for both teaching and healing recurs in Acts 5:16, where people bring the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits from the towns around Jerusalem. The same dynamic appears in the Gospels where physical proximity to Jesus is linked to deliverance from disease and spiritual oppression.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that approach to Jesus involves both attentive listening and active dependence for restoration. It demands a response that pairs reception of His word with surrender to His authority over physical and spiritual affliction.

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The Greek words

οἳhoiwho ἦλθονēlthoncame ἀκοῦσαιakousaito hear αὐτοῦautouHim καὶkaiand ἰαθῆναιiathēnaito be healed ἀπὸapoof τῶνtōnthe νόσωνnosōndiseases αὐτῶν.autōnof them.καὶkai[18] And οἱhoithose ἐνοχλούμενοιenochloumenoibeing troubled ἀπὸapowith πνευμάτωνpneumatōnspirits ἀκαθάρτωνakathartōnunclean καὶkaiand ἐθεραπεύοντο.etherapeuontowere healed.

King James Version

And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

Cross-references

Matthew 15:22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
Matthew 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Acts 5:16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.