Luke 8:29 Meaning and Explanation
“(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)”
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Read Full Chapter →Luke explains that Jesus had commanded the spirit out, for it had often seized the man, who broke every chain and was driven into the wilderness.
What Does Luke 8:29 Mean?
Luke explains the cry: Jesus had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out. The history is grim; the spirit had often seized the man, and though he was bound with chains and fetters and kept under guard, he broke the bands and was driven into the wilderness.
Chains can restrain a man; they cannot restore him. Every human remedy had been tried and had broken. The contrast is the point of the verse: what shackles could not hold, one command of Christ delivers. There are things in every life that the chains of willpower cannot subdue, and they answer, as this man did, to His voice.
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What does Luke 8:29 mean?
Luke explains that Jesus had commanded the spirit out, for it had often seized the man, who broke every chain and was driven into the wilderness.