Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 4:17
He found — It seems, opening upon it, by the particular providence of God.
He found — It seems, opening upon it, by the particular providence of God.
LUKE 4:17 avnaptu,xaj {B} Since the synagogal copies of Old Testament books were in scroll form, the use of the verb “to unroll” is highly appropriate. Although copyists may have introduced avnaptu,x...
Verse Luke 4:17. _AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE BOOK_] αναπτυζας, _When he_ _had unrolled it_. The Sacred Writings used to this day, in all the Jewish synagogues, are written on _skins_ of _basil, parch...
THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM - By the minister of the synagogue, or the keeper of the sacred books. They were kept in an “ark” or chest, not far from the pulpit, and the minister gave them to whomsoev...
III. THE MINISTRY IN GALILEE -- CHAPTER 4:14-9:50 CHAPTER 4:14-44 _ 1. In the Synagogue of Nazareth (Luke 4:14)_ 2. Unbelief and Rejection of Christ. (Luke 4:22) 3. A Demon Cast Out in Capernaum ...
JESUS IN NAZARETH (Mark 1:14 f.*, Matthew 4:12 *, Mark 6:1 *, Matthew 13:53 *). Lk. brings Jesus to Galilee, but, anxious to make the mission begin in His
THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...
So Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up; and, as was his habit, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read the lesson. The roll of the prophet Isaiah was giv...
THERE WAS DELIVERED, &c.. there was further delivered: i.e. the prophets (the _Haphtorah),_ the second lesson after another had read the Law (the _Parashah_ or first lesson). This delivery was made by...
_there was delivered unto him_ Literally, "there was _further_handed to Him." The expression means that after He, or another, had read the _Parashah_, or First Lesson, which was always from the Pentat...
Jesus returns to Nazareth and preaches there 14. _And Jesus returned_ St Luke here omits that series of occurrences which is mainly preserved for us by the Apostle who recorded the Judaean ministry St...
ἈΝΑΠΤΎΞΑΣ. ἈΝΟΊΞΑΣ (ABL, La[93]) is perhaps an explanation. τόπον, so אL. [93] La. Lachmann. 17. ἘΠΕΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. Literally, “there was _further_ handed to Him.” The expression means that after He,...
JESUS RETURNS TO NAZARETH AND PREACHES THERE...
Ver 14. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all....
ΈΠΕΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΈΠΙΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1929) давать, вручать, ΆΝΑΠΤΎΞΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΝΑΠΤΎΣΣΩ (G380) разворачивать, раскрывать книгу, записанную в форме свитка (BAGD). Другой вариа...
WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE BOOK, &C.— Αναπτυξας το βιβλιου, _unrolling the volume._ The sacred books were written anciently on skins of parchment, and sewed together; and the books thus written were rolle...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Visitation of the Son of Man in Time (Luke 4:14-30) 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the s...
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, AND THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET E...
8 "It is written" is the sword of the spirit, that destroys the insinuations of the Slanderer. And if he counters with a passage (for error is best supported by an appeal to Holy Writ), the only defen...
4:17 written, (i-24) Isaiah 61:1 ....
THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM 1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....
VISIT TO NAZARETH. See Matthew 13:53; Mark 6:1. It must remain doubtful whether this visit to Nazareth, which Lk places at the beginning of the Galilean ministry, is identical with that placed conside...
THERE WAS DELIVERED.. THE BOOK (or 'a roll')] The rolls were in the charge of the hazzan, or attendant (Luke 4:20), who handed them to the reader, and received them back when read. Sometimes the proph...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS AND THE DEVIL 4:1-13 V1-2 Jesus returned from the river Jordan. He was full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit led him into the desert for 4...
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ESAIAS. — The Law — _i.e.,_ the Pentateuch — was commonly written on one long roll. The other books, in like manner — singly or combined, according to their length — were writt...
CHAPTER 8 THE GOSPEL OF THE JUBILEE. IMMEDIATELY after the Temptation Jesus returned "in the power of the Spirit," and with all the added strength of His recent victories, to Galilee. Into what parts...
Ἡσαίου : the second lesson, _Haphtarah_, was from the prophets; the first, _Parashah_, from the Law, which was foremost in Rabbinical esteem. Not so in the mind of Jesus. The prophets had the first pl...
κατὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς : the reference most probably is, not to the custom of Jesus as a boy during His private life, but to what He had been doing since He began His ministry. He used the synagogue as one of...
_Jesus in Nazareth_ (Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6 a). Though Lk. uses an editorial discretion in the _placing_ of this beautiful story, there need be no suspicion as to the historicity of its main fea...
“HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT” Luke 4:14-30 A wide gap occurs here, embracing the important transactions of John 1:29-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36; John 4:1-54. What a flutter in Mary's heart when she s...
As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is rev...
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had (d) opened the book, he found the place where it was written, (d) Their books in those days were rolled up as scrolls...
As he unfolded the book: and again, (ver. 20) when he had folded the book. Books at that time where not like our now-a-days, but were skins or parchments, rolled or folded up. (Witham) --- Some are of...
JESUS REJECTED AT NAZARETH, MIGRATES TO CAPERNAUM Luke 4:16-31; Matthew 4:13-16. “He came into Nazareth, where he was brought up, and according to the custom to Him on the Sabbath-day, He came into th...
FIRST CYCLE: VISITS TO NAZARETH AND TO CAPERNAUM, LUKE 4:14-44. The following narratives are grouped around two names _ Nazareth_ (Luke 4:14-30) and _Capernaum_ (Luke 4:31-44)....
THIRD PART: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN GALILEE, LUKE 4:14 TO LUKE 9:50. The three Synoptics all connect the narrative of the Galilaean ministry with the account of the temptation. But the narrations of...
_The Reading._ Luke 4:16. Καί. “And in these itinerancies He came _also._ ” John (John 2:12) and Matthew (Matthew 4:13) refer to this time the transfer of the residence of Jesus (and also, according t...
1. _Visit to Nazareth: Luke 4:14-30_. This portion opens with a general glance at the commencement of the active labours of Jesus in Galilee: Luke 14:14-15. Then, resting on this foundation, but separ...
2 _d. Luke 4:16-30_. Jesus did not begin by preaching at Nazareth. In His view, no doubt, the inhabitants of this city stood in much the same relation to the people of the rest of Galilee as the inhab...
(14) And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. (15) And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. (1...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
17._He found the passage _There is no doubt that Christ deliberately selected this passage. Some think that it was presented to him by God; (322) but, as a liberty of choice was allowed him, I choose...
The unknown Son of God on earth, Jesus, is led (chapter 4) into the wilderness by the Holy Ghost, with whom He had been sealed, to undergo the temptation of the enemy, beneath which Adam fell. But Jes...
AND THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM,.... By the "Chazan", or minister, to whom he gave it again, Luke 4:20, for the "Chazan" of the synagogue, was, שמש, "the minister" r; one part of whose business was,...
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, Ver. 17. _He found the place_] Whether he looked for it, or...
_There was delivered to him the book of Esaias_ A paragraph of the law having, according to custom, been read before. See on Acts 13:15. _When he had opened the book_ Αναπτυξας, _having unrolled_ the...
DELIVERED UNTO HIM; by the minister or person who had the care of the sacred records. THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS WRITTEN; Isaiah 61:1-3....
The visit to Nazareth:...
AND THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ESAIAS. AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE BOOK, HE FOUND THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS WRITTEN,...
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:12 it...
14-30 Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him...
OLBGrk; Ver. 17-19. The words differ in some things from the words of the prophet out of which they are quoted, ISAIAH 61:1, where is nothing of recovering of sight to the blind; but they exactly agre...
Luke 4:17 And G2532 He G846 handed G1929 (G5681) book G975 prophet G4396 Isaiah G2268 And G2532 opened...
‘And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,' The scroll handed to Jesus was the book of the prophet Isaiah. We do...
JESUS REVEALS HIMSELF AS THE SPIRIT ANOINTED PROPHET OF ISAIAH (4:16-21). In this next passage Jesus reveals that the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah concerning the coming anointed Prophet is to...
Luke 4:17. AND THERE WAS DELIVERED TO HIM, by the attendant of the synagogue. A ROLL OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. probably containing that book alone. The reading of the Law had already taken place, and th...
CHRONOLOGY. A number of events occurred in Judea before the ministry in Galilee spoken of in Luke 4:14-15, according to Andrews the whole of the first year. (See notes on Matthew 4:12; comp. John 1:35...
WAS DELIVERED (επεδοθη). First aorist passive indicative of επιδιδωμ, to give over to, a common verb. At the proper stage of the service "the attendant" or "minister" (υπηρετης, under rower) or "bea...
Luke 4:14. _And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:_ Ah, dear brethren, if our Lord Jesus needed «the power of the Spirit», how much more do you and I need it! We have no power of...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. Luke 4:16. And he came to N...
We will read three short passages of Scripture, all relating to Christ's service. The first concerns the ministry of the Lord Jesus himself. Luke 4:16. And he came to Nazareth, where lie had been, br...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. Casting of demons out of man at Capernaum. Healing of Peter's wife's mother and others. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, Josep...
Luke 4:2. _Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered._ During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renovated...
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. There were regular readings for each Sabbath, and this one was partly in the book of Isaiah. [Scroll: a book made by gluing pages together to form long strips, which we...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:16 The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee. Except for Luke 8:26, this next section of Luke takes place in Galilee....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:17 HE... FOUND THE PLACE. Jesus chooses to read Isaiah 61:1, but also quotes from I
CHAPTER 4 VER. 1. _And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan_, having been there baptized by John a little time before, and having _visibly_ received the Holy Spirit, whose fulness...
_And there was delivered unto Him_ (by the attendant) _the book of the prophet Esaias_. This was done by the counsel and direction of God, that Jesus might show from Isaiah that He was the-Messiah des...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 4:14. RETURNED.—_I.e._ from Judæa. GALILEE.—The main centre of our Lord’s ministry (cf. Acts 10:37; Luke 23:5). IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT.—Fresh strength gained from His victory...
EXPOSITION LUKE 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and least understood...
And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan (Luke 4:1), Now He was at Jordan where He was baptized by John, and He returned from Jordan. and was led by the Spirit into the wildernes...
Acts 13:15; Acts 13:27; Acts 7:42; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 20:42...
The book [β ι β λ ι ο ν]. A diminutive of biblov, the inner bark of the papyrus, used for writing. Hence, a roll. The word is also used to denote a division of a work, and is therefore appropriate her...
CHRIST, THE LOVER OF MEN Luke 4:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The endeavor in this study will be to seek the heart of the Saviour, discovering His attitude toward different classes of men among whom He liv...