Luke 6 · Verse 18

Luke 6:18

And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Luke 6:18, King James Version

Luke 6:18 in other translations

BSBThey had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
WEBas well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits; and they were being healed.
ASVand they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
YLTand those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,
DARBYand those that were beset by unclean spirits were healed.
BBEAnd those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.
WebsterAnd they that were afflicted with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

What does Luke 6:18 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 18. Vexed. The word vex with us means to provoke, irritate, by petty provocations. Here it means, however, to afflict, to torment -- denoting deep and heavy trials.

Unclean spirits. Demons that Were impure and unholy, having a delight in tormenting, and in inflicting painful and loathsome diseases.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:12-19

We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose time, but to make the end of one good duty the beginning of another. The twelve apostles are here named; never were men so privileged, yet one of them had a devil, and proved a traitor. Those who have not faithful preaching near…

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Luke 6:18 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.

καὶkai[18] AndG2532
οἱhoithoseG3588
ἐνοχλούμενοιenochloumenoibeing troubledG1776
ἀπὸapowithG575
πνευμάτωνpneumatōnspiritsG4151
ἀκαθάρτωνakathartōnuncleanG169
ἐθεραπεύοντο.etherapeuontowere healed.G2323

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

Cross references for Luke 6:18

  • Matthew 15:22

    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

  • Matthew 17:15

    Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

  • Acts 5:16

    There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
vexed.
Mt 15:22; 17:15; Ac 5:16

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

Context

  • Luke 6:17

    And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

  • Luke 6:18

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

  • Luke 6:19

    And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

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Luke 6:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los que habían sido atormentados de espíritus inmundos: y estaban curados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		qui étaient venus pour l’entendre et pour être guéris de leurs maladies; ceux aussi qui étaient tourmentés par des esprits immondes furent guéris;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die von unreinen Geistern Geplagten wurden geheilt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui venerant ut audirent eum, et sanarentur a languoribus suis. Et qui vexabantur a spiritibus immundis, curabantur.