When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

We call this Miracle #5. It was not involving a particular person or a particular malady, but involved many people with divers problems. I recorded all three mentions of this this event for easy reading. There’s a little bit of different information in each account.

(Matthew 8:16,17) When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses

(Mark 1:32-34) And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

(Luke 4:40,41) Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

One thing that stands out from the three accounts that is common to all three is when. Matthew says that this all happened when the even was come. Mark also says that it happened at even, when the sun did set. And Luke tells us it was when the sun was setting. Usually, when the sun sets, the work stops! When the even comes, it’s time to quit! Not our Lord! No, he doesn’t quit. It’s never too late for Jesus to work. (Psalm 121:3) He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

In this late hour, the Great Physician is still at work. He’s still heals the sin sick soul. He still rebukes the devils. And he still lays his hands upon those that come to him. And he’s still Christ the Son of God. And Jesus doesn’t quit. You might think that it’s too late for you; that your life is already spent. The lights are going out and the hour is late. Ah! But we are not dealing with man, but with Almighty God. He doesn’t slumber and he doesn’t sleep. Jesus said (John 18:36) My kingdom is not of this world. Where Jesus comes from (Revelation 21:23) The city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God does lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

It’s better late than never and it’s not too late to come to Jesus. (John 6:37) All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. He healed them all. As long as they kept bringing them, Jesus kept healing them. As long as the devils would cry out, Jesus would cast them out. He will in no wise cast the sinners out; but he will cast those devils out. It’s not too late to come to Him. (2 Peter3:9) The Lord… is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Jesus is still at work in this late hour; still doing the Father’s will. (Hebrews 10:7) Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Jesus said (Luke 2:49) Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? People just don’t get sick Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 and 5. No, it’s when all the world has quit. It’s when there’s no one to turn. It’s when the doors are locked. It’s when no one answers the phone. That’s when the pain comes. That’s when the fever burns. That’s when the real woes begin. But thanks be to God The Great Physician now is here; The sympathizing Jesus! You’ve gone all day long thinking that you were gonna be okay. But now the even has come, and the sun did set, and you’re worst than ever. The sun may set, but the Son does not sit. He can save the 70 year old as well as the 7 years old. There may be darkness all around, but (1 John 1:5) in him is no darkness at all.

Comes to Him, before it is truly too late.