Expository Thoughts (continued)
we feel within that Christ has healed our souls? Then can we not confess Christ before men? Can we not plainly tell others that Christ has done everything for us—that we were dying of a deadly disease, and were cured—that we were lost, and are now found, that we were blind, and now see? Let us do this boldly, and not be afraid. Let us not be ashamed to let all men know what Jesus has done for our souls.
Our Master loves to see us doing so. He likes His people not to be ashamed of His name. It is a solemn saying of Paul, "If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved." (Rom.
10:9.) It is a still more solemn saying of Christ Himself, "Whoever shall be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed." (Luke 9:26.)
Notes on 8:41-48
42. Was dying. "At the point of death."
43. Subject to bleeding. In order to appreciate this woman's condition and the greatness of the miracle recorded here, we should read Leviticus 15:19. This shows that the woman was ceremonially unclean and would want to avoid all publicity.
45. "Master." Only St. Luke uses this word in the New Testament.
Literally it means, "one who is set over anything to care for it." It is a title of respect and an acknowledgment of authority.
LUKE 8:49-56