New American Standard Bible 1995

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Luke

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And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
And amazement amazement N-NNS H2285 θάμβος thambos
came to come into being, to happen, to become V-AIM-3S H1096 ἐγένετο egeneto
upon them all, all, every Adj-AMP H3956 πάντας pantas
and they [began] talking to talk together V-IIA-3P H4814 συνελάλουν sunelaloun
with one another of one another RecPro-AMP H240 ἀλλήλους allēlous
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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saying, to say V-PPA-NMP H3004 λέγοντες legontes
"What who? which? what? IPro-NMS H5101 τίς tis
is this this DPro-NMS H3778 οὗτος outos
message? a word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a speech N-NMS H3056 λόγος logos
For with authority power to act, authority N-DFS H1849 ἐξουσίᾳ exousia
and power (miraculous) power, might, strength N-DFS H1411 δυνάμει dunamei
He commands to arrange upon, i.e. to command V-PIA-3S H2004 ἐπιτάσσει epitassei
the unclean unclean, impure Adj-DNP H169 ἀκαθάρτοις akathartois
spirits wind, spirit N-DNP H4151 πνεύμασιν pneumasin
and they come to go or come out of V-PIM/P-3P H1831 ἐξέρχονται exerchontai
out."      

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New American Standard Bible 1995 And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out."
King James Bible And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, "What What a word is this message? For this! for with authority and power He commands he commandeth the unclean spirits spirits, and they come out."
Berean Bible And amazement astonishment came upon them all, and they began talking with were speaking to one another another, saying, "What “What word is this message? For with authority and power this, that He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out."out?”
Hebrew Greek English And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out."