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Awe, Not Just Amazement
The crowd's reaction was a complex mix of emotions. Commentators explain that their 'amazement' (Greek: 'ekstasis') meant they were nearly 'beside themselves.' Their 'fear' was not terror but a reverent awe, a sense that God had drawn very near, leading them to continuously glorify Him for the miracle.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 5:26
Amazement (εκστασις). Something out of its place, as the mind. Here the people were almost beside themselves as we say with the sa…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 5:26
19th Century
Bishop
They glorified God.—Noticeable as common to all the three reports. The precise expression, “We have seen strange things to…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 5:24–26
19th Century
Preacher
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, a…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 5:26
The healing validates the declaration of forgiveness. The command to the paralyzed man is impossible of fulfillment—except for the power of God. To…
John Gill
On Luke 5:26
17th Century
Pastor
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God
Not the Pharisees, and doctors of the law, but the common people:
Matthew Henry
On Luke 5:17–26
17th Century
Minister
How many are there in our assemblies, where the gospel is preached, who do not sit under the Word, but are mere onlookers! It is to them like a sto…