Luke 6 · Verse 19

Luke 6:19

And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke 6:19, King James Version

Luke 6:19 in other translations

BSBThe entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
WEBAll the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.
ASVAnd all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed them all.
YLTand all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.
DARBYAnd all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.
BBEAnd all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.
WebsterAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him; for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

What does Luke 6:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. healed--kept healing, denoting successive acts of mercy till it went over "all" that needed. There is something unusually grand and pictorial in this touch of description.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 19. Virtue Healing power. Mk 5.30.

(s) "touch him", Nu 21:8,9, Mt 14:36, Jn 3:14,15 (t) "there went virtue out of him", Mk 5:30, Lk 8:46

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 6:19 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
πᾶςpasallG3956
ὁhotheG3588
ὄχλοςochlosmultitudeG3793
ἐζήτουνezētounwere seekingG2212
ἅπτεσθαιhaptesthaito touchG681
αὐτοῦ,autouHim,G846
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754
δύναμιςdunamispowerG1411
παρ᾽par᾽fromG3844
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
ἐξήρχετο,exērchetowas going outG1831
καὶkaiandG2532
ἰᾶτοiatowas healingG2390
πάντας.¶pantasall.G3956

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

Cross references for Luke 6:19

  • Matthew 14:36

    And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

  • Mark 3:10

    For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

  • Acts 5:15-16

    Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 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.

  • Mark 6:56

    And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

  • Mark 5:30

    And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

  • Luke 8:45-46

    And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

  • Matthew 9:20-21

    And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

  • 2 Kings 13:21

    And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Mark 8:22

    And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

  • Luke 5:17

    And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

  • Acts 19:12

    So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sought.
Nu 21:8,9; 2Ki 13:21; Mt 9:20,21; 14:36; Mr 3:10; 6:56; 8:22
Joh 3:14,15; Ac 5:15,16; 19:12
for.
8:45,46; Mr 5:30; 1Pe 2:9; *Gr:

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Context

  • 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.

  • Luke 6:20

    And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Luke 6:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y toda la gente procuraba tocarle; porque salía de él virtud, y sanaba á todos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et toute la foule cherchait à le toucher, car il sortait de lui de la puissance, et elle les guérissait tous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die ganze Volksmenge suchte ihn anzurühren, denn es ging Kraft von ihm aus und heilte alle.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omnis turba quærebat eum tangere: quia virtus de illo exibat, et sanabat omnes.