Luke 4 · Verse 37

Luke 4:37

And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
Luke 4:37, King James Version

Luke 4:37 in other translations

BSBAnd the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.
WEBNews about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
ASVAnd there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region round about.
YLTand there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.
DARBYAnd a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.
BBEAnd there was much talk about him in all the places round about.
WebsterAnd the fame of him went out into every place of the surrounding country.

What does Luke 4:37 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 37. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 The fame - Ηχος, the sound. This is a very elegant metaphor. The people are represented as struck with astonishment, and the sound goes out through all the coasts; in allusion to the propagation of sound, by a smart stroke upon any substance, by which the air is suddenly agitated, and conveys the report made by the stroke to distant places. So this miracle was told to others by those who saw it, and they to others still, till it was heard through all the coasts of Galilee, Mar 1:28.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:31-44

Christ's preaching much affected the people; and a working power went with it to the consciences of men. These miracles showed Christ to be a controller and conqueror of Satan, a healer of diseases. Where Christ gives a new life, in recovery from sickness, it should be a new life, spent more than ever in his service, to his glory. Our business should be to spread abroad Christ's fame in every place, to beseech him…

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Luke 4:37 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἐξεπορεύετοexeporeuetowas spreadingG1607
ἦχοςēchos[the] reportG2279
περὶpericoncerningG4012
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
εἰςeisintoG1519
πάνταpantaeveryG3956
τόπονtoponplaceG5117
τῆςtēsof theG3588
περιχώρου.¶perichōrousurrounding region.G4066

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 4:37

  • Mark 1:45

    But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

  • Luke 4:14

    And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

  • Isaiah 52:13

    Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

  • Matthew 9:26

    And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

  • Matthew 4:23-25

    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

  • Mark 6:14

    And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

  • Mark 1:28

    And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the fame.[Echos ,] the sound; a very elegant metaphor, says Dr. Adam Clarke. The people are represented as struck with astonishment, and the sound goes out through all the coasts; in allusion to the propagation of sound by a smart stroke upon any substance.
14; Isa 52:13; Mt 4:23-25; 9:26; Mr 1:28,45; 6:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 4:36

    And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

  • Luke 4:37

    And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

  • Luke 4:38

    And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

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Luke 4:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la fama de él se divulgaba de todas partes por todos los lugares de la comarca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et sa renommée se répandait dans tous les lieux d’alentour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Gerücht über ihn ging aus in jeden Ort der Umgegend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et divulgabatur fama de illo in omnem locum regionis.