Which had the dropsy (υδρωπικος). Late and medical word from υδωρ (water), one who has internal water (υδρωπς). Here only in the N…

A certain man before him. In what way he came there we do not know. He might have been one of the Pharisee's family, or might have been pl…

A certain man before him which had the dropsy.—This is the only miracle of the kind recorded in the Gospels. The term whi…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Although our Lord knew the malice of the Pharisees, He still became their guest so that He might bene…

Since this is the fourth time Luke records a controversy over the Sabbath (v.1), it is obvious that this was a major issue between Jesus and the re…

And behold, there was a certain man before him
Who sat just before him, as he was at table; who either came there of…

This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from heali…