Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 4:19
The acceptable year — Plainly alluding to the year of jubilee, when all, both debtors and servants, were set free.
The acceptable year — Plainly alluding to the year of jubilee, when all, both debtors and servants, were set free.
TO PEACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD - The time when God is willing to accept of people, or to receive sinners coming to him. The gospel assures us that the guilty “may” return, and that God will...
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
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...
THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...
THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR. the welcome year. Either the Jubilee year (Leviticus 26:8), or on account of the Lord's ministry commencing then....
_the acceptable year_ The primary allusion is to the year of Jubilee, Leviticus 25:8-10; but this was only a type of the true Jubilee of Christ's kingdom. Many of the Fathers, with most mistaken liter...
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...
ΚΗΡΥ͂ΞΑΙ … ἈΠΟΣΤΕΙ͂ΛΑΙ … ΚΗΡΥ͂ΞΑΙ. The infinitives follow each other without conjunctions (_asyndeton_, Winer, p. 674). For the accent of κηρῦξαι see Winer, p. 57. ΑἸΧΜΑΛΏΤΟΙΣ. Properly ‘prisoners of...
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....
ΈΝΙΑΥΤΌΣ (G1763) год. ΔΕΚΤΌΣ (G1184) приемлемый. Тот, в который Он готов оказать человечеству чрезвычайную милость (Godet). В тексте из свитков Мертвого моря о Мелхиседеке считается, что этот отрывок...
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...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE [OR 'ACCEPTED' to (G3588 ) dekton (G1184 )], YEAR OF THE LORD. To have fixed on any portion relating to His sufferings (as...
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...
4:19 Lord. (d-8) 'Jehovah;' 'do homage' here is _ proskuneo_ . 'serve' is _ latreuo_ . see Matthew 4:10 ....
TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD] In Isaiah this is the year of the return, but Jesus applies it to His earthly ministry. It is not to be inferred from this that Christ's ministry lasted only...
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...
THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM 1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....
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 ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD. — The primary reference was to the year of Jubilee, when land that had been mortgaged returned to its owner, and debts were forgiven, and Israelite slaves released (Le...
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...
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...
Luke 4:18-19 contain the text, Isaiah 61:1-2, free reproduction of the Sept [45], which freely reproduces the Hebrew, which probably was first read, then turned into Aramaean, then preached on by Jesu...
“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...
_To set at liberty them that are bruised, or oppressed. These words are not in the prophet; but are added by St. Luke, to explain the others. --- To preach the acceptable year, as it were the jubilee...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
_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...
(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...
19._To preach the acceptable year of the Lord _Many think that here the prophet makes an allusion to the Jubilee, and I have no objection to that view. But it is proper to observe, that he purposely a...
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...
TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD. The time which he willed and fixed for the redemption of his people, and in which he showed his goodwill and pleasure unto sinful men, in the gift of his Son...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Ver. 19. _The acceptable year of the Lord_] A joyful jubilee. Let us not stand out the time, lest we be bored in the ear by the devil....
_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...
The visit to Nazareth:...
TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD. In the course of the Galilean travels Jesus came to Nazareth. This little town in the hills of Galilee, situated on the brow of a hill, had been His home for...
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...
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Luke 4:19 proclaim G2784 (G5658) acceptable G1184 year G1763 LORD G2962 Luke 19:42;...
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To send for...
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 4:19. THE ACCEPTABLE year OF THE LORD. The year, or definite appointed period, when the Lord is gracious, not without a reference to the year of jubilee, which also pointed to the Messiah's comin...
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...
THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD (ενιαυτον Κυριου δεκτον). He does not mean that his ministry is to be only one year in length as Clement of Alexandria and Origen argued. That is to turn figures into...
ACCEPTABLE A comparison with the passage quoted, (Isaiah 61:1); (Isaiah 61:2) affords an instance of the exquisite accuracy of Scripture. Jesus stopped at, "The acceptable year of the Lord," which is...
Luke 4:19 Jesus read the prophets' testimony regarding God's goodness, and then closed the book, hiding the severity under the parchment folds. He preached on one half of a clause; did He intend to co...
Luke 4:18 Missionary Work. I. If missionary enterprise were nothing more than one of the most remarkable characteristics of our time, it would well deserve a place in the thoughts of those who are br...
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 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...
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...
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 Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor_ THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD Every Christian would wish to know what were the first words spoken...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:18 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME. Jesus claims to be the messianic servant of the Lord who is speaking in Isaiah 61:1 (see...
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....
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...
_To preach the acceptable year of the Lord_ the pleasing year in Hebrew, רצון מנת _scenat raston_; in the Septuagint _ε̉νιαυτὸν ε̉υδοκίας_, that is, as S. Jerome renders it, "the placable year," or,...
_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...
2 Corinthians 6:1; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 63:4; Leviticus 25:50;...
To preach (Rev., proclaim). the acceptable year of the Lord. As on the first day of the year of Jubilee, when the priests went through the land proclaiming, with sound of trumpet, the blessings of the...
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...
Why does Jesus not quote this passage accurately? PROBLEM: When Jesus cited this prophecy, He lopped off the rest of the verse in Isaiah 61:2 which adds, “And the day of vengeance of our God.” Why di...