Luke 8:35 Meaning and Explanation
“Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Luke 8:35 Mean?
The people come out to see and find the evidence seated in plain sight: the man out of whom the devils are departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind. And they are afraid.
Each loss in the earlier description is answered: the homeless wanderer is settled, the naked man is clothed, the scattered mind is sound. And his place of rest is at the feet of Jesus, the posture of a disciple. The fear of the onlookers is its own confession: power that can do this unsettles people who had learned to live with manageable misery.
Luke 8:35 in the Original Language
sophroneo (σωφρονέω), 'in his right mind' -- to be of sound and self-possessed mind.
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What does Luke 8:35 mean?
The people come out and find the freed man sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they are afraid.