Luke 6:10 (WEB)

Passage

He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

Luke 6:10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

Luke 6:11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12 In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looked", "around", "said", "stretch", "hand", "restored", and "sound". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looked" and "around", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Then Jesus said to them I will..." into verse 11's "But they were filled with rage and...", so "looked" and "around" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "looked" and "around" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.