15 [a]But so much more went there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of him of their infirmities.

16 But he kept himself apart in the wilderness, and prayed.

17 [b]And it came to pass, on a certain day, as he was teaching, that the Pharisees and doctors of the Law sat by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord [c]was in him, to heal them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:15 Christ had rather be famous by his doctrine, than by miracles, and therefore he departeth from them that seek him, as a physician of the body, and not as the author of salvation.
  2. Luke 5:17 Christ in healing him that was sick of the palsy, showeth the cause of all diseases, and the remedy.
  3. Luke 5:17 The mighty power of Christ’s Godhead, showed itself in him, at that time.

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