Healing Simon's mother-in-law & many people with diseases

St Luke Chapter IV : Verses 38-44

Contents

• Luke iv. 38-44.  Douay-Rheims (Challoner) text & Latin text (Vulgate).
• Annotations
  
• Douay-Rheims 1582 text

Luke iv. 38-44.

Healing Simon's mother-in-law.

38 And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever, and they besought him for her.

Surgens autem Jesus de synagoga, introivit in domum Simonis. Socrus autem Simonis tenebatur magnis febribus : et rogaverunt illum pro ea.

39 And standing over her, he commanded the fever, and it left her. And immediately rising, she ministered to them.

Et stans super illam imperavit febri : et dimisit illam. Et continuo surgens, ministrabat illis.

Healing the sick and casting out devils.
J-J Tissot. Brooklyn Museum.

40 And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to him. But he laying his hands on every one of them, healed them.

Cum autem sol occidisset, omnes qui habebant infirmos variis languoribus, ducebant illos ad eum. At ille singulis manus imponens, curabat eos.

41 And devils went out from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them he suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ.

Exibant autem dæmonia a multis clamantia, et dicentia : Quia tu es Filius Dei : et increpans non sinebat ea loqui : quia sciebant ipsum esse Christum.

42 And when it was day, going out he went into a desert place, and the multitudes sought him, and came unto him: and they stayed him that he should not depart from them.

Facta autem die egressus ibat in desertum locum, et turbæ requirebant eum, et venerunt usque ad ipsum : et detinebant illum ne discederet ab eis.

43 To whom he said: To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of God: for therefore am I sent.

Quibus ille ait : Quia et aliis civitatibus oportet me evangelizare regnum Dei : quia ideo missus sum.

44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Et erat prædicans in synagogis Galilææ.

Annotations

[Ed. Cornelius A Lapide has no notes for these verses. Below, I have included the Notes I appended to the parallel incidents recorded by St Mark in Chapter I, verses 29-34.]

    38. And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. it seems Our Lord was accompanied by Peter and Andrew, together with James and John. It was on the Sabbath that this miracle was wrought. Probably Jesus went to the Apostle’s house to take food.

    Simon's wife's mother : hence St Peter was a married man. 

    of a fever. St Luke tells us it was a great fever.

    39.  And standing over her, he commanded the fever,  Notice our Lord’s condescension so graphically related by St Mark.

    (a) Jesus went to the sufferer.

    (b) He took her by the hand.

    (c) He lifted her up.

    (d) He rebuked the fever and healed her.

     and it left her. She was completely cured, and as a proof she ministered unto them.

    40.  And when the sun was down. All the Synoptic writers give this detail. The people waited, probably because it was then cooler than in the afternoon, and because they wished to respect the rest of the Sabbath, which finished at sunset. This latter precaution was not necessary, since it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath, as our Lord teaches. Note also that the news of the healing of St Peter’s mother-in-law would not have been known in the city until the evening.

    all they that had any sick with divers diseases, Those suffering from sicknesses. St Matthew (viii. 17) points out how our Lord, by healing the afflicted, fulfilled the prophecy, He took our infirmities and bore our diseases (Isaias liii. 4).

    41. And devils went out from many. The Evangelist distinguishes between the sick and those possessed by the devil.

Douay-Rheims : 1582 text

38. And IESVS riſing vp out of the Synagogue, entred into Simons houſe. And Simons wiues mother was holden with a great feuer; and they beſought him for her.

39. And ſtanding ouer her, he commanded the feuer, and it left her. And incontinent riſing, she miniſtred to them.

40. And when the ſunne was downe, al that had diseased of ſundrie maladies, brought them to him. But he impoſing hands vpon euery one, cured them.

41. And Diuels went out from many, crying and ſaying: That thou art the Sonne of God. And rebuking them he ſuffred them not to ſpeake, that they knew he was Chriſt.

42. And when it was day, going forth he went into a deſert place; & the multitudes ſought him, and came euen vnto him; and they held him that he ſhould not depart from them.

43. To whom he ſaid: That to other cities alſo muſt I euangelize the Kingdom of God; becauſe therfore I was ſent.

44. And he was preaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.

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The Vladimirskaya Icon. >12th century.

SUB tuum præsidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.

 

 

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.