Jesus returns into Galilee
Mark 1:14; Luke 4:14, who assigns no reason; John 4:1-3. St John gives a further reason "when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, he left Judæa, &c."
JOHN WAS CAST INTO PRISON - For an account of the imprisonment of John see Matthew 14:1. HE DEPARTED INTO GALILEE - See Matthew 2:22. The reasons why Jesus then went into Galilee were probably: * B...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
JESUS ANNOUNCES THE KINGDOM IN GALILEE (Mark 1:14 f.*, Luke 4:14 f.) More precisely than Mk., Mt. gives John's arrest by Herod Antipas as the reason why Jesus began to preach. Galilee was part of Anti...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
When Jesus heard that John had been delivered into the hands of the authorities, he withdrew into Galilee. He left Galilee and came and made his home in Capernaum, which is on the lake-side, in the di...
CAST INTO PRISON. delivered up. There is no Greek for "into" or "prison". No disciples had yet been called (verses: Matthew 4:18); therefore John could not yet have been in prison; for, after the call...
JESUS RETURNS INTO GALILEE Mark 1:14; Luke 4:14, who assigns no reason; John 4:1-3. St John gives a further reason ‘when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more di...
12 and 23. Ὁ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ omitted in Matthew 4:12 after ἀκούσας δέ, and by Tischendorf also in Matthew 4:23. The instances of this insertion in the text of the N.T. from the margin or from lectionaries are...
Ver 12. Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into Galilee; 13. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabu...
_JESUS WAS A PREACHING SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:12-17:_ Gospel preaching brings people out of darkness into God's marvelous light. Without the gospel people sit "in the region and shadow of death." The good n...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. "Когда Он услышал..." ΠΑΡΕΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ПАРАΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) передавать, отдавать, ΆΝΕΧΏΡΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΧΩΡΈΩ (G402)...
NOW WHEN JESUS HAD HEARD, &C.— John the Baptist was not imprisoned till after the temptation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Between these two events, there happened what is related in the three first Chapt...
SECTION 8. JESUS PREACHES IN GALILEE (Parallels: Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14 to Luke 5:1; John 4:1-45) TEXT: 4:12-17 12. Now when he heard that John
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; NOW WHEN JESUS HAD HEARD THAT JOHN WAS CAST INTO PRISON, [ paredothee (G3860)] - more simply, 'was delivered up;'...
16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34. 16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually presented as a blast of air, for this is...
BEGINNING OF THE GALILEAN MINISTRY (Mark 1:14; Luke 4:14; Luke 4:31). It might be thought from the synoptic account that Jesus began His Galilean ministry immediately after His Baptism and Temptation....
DEPARTED INTO GALILEE] i.e. from Judæa, where He was baptising (John 3:23). He took the route through Samaria (John 4:4), staying at Sychar two days to preach to the Samaritans. Jesus had probably int...
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
Between the 11th and 12th verses there is a great break, and it is well to remember what passed in the interval: (1) the return to the Baptist, and the call of the six disciples (John 1:29); (2) the m...
CHAPTER 6 Beginning of His Galilean Ministry - Matthew 4:12. DID our Lord's ministry begin in Galilee? If so, why did He not Himself set the example of "beginning at Jerusalem?" As a matter of fact w...
ἀκούσας δὲ … Γαλιλαίαν : note of time. Jesus returned to Galilee on hearing that John was delivered up, _i.e._, in the providence of God, into the hands of his enemies. Further particulars as to this...
_Beginnings of the Galilean ministry_ (Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15). In a few rapid strokes the evangelist describes the opening of the Messianic work of Jesus in Galilee. He has in view the great Serm...
THE LIGHT BEGINS TO SHINE Matthew 4:12-17 Our Lord's earliest ministry seems to have been centered in Jerusalem and its contiguous villages. See John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36. But on the news of the Bapt...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
(2) Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; (2) When the Herald's mouth is stopped, the Lord reveals himself and brings full light into the darkness of this...
Jesus then left the wilderness, and passed a few day on the banks of the Jordan, affording his holy precursor an opportunity of bearing repeated testimony of him and of his divine mission, as we read...
JESUS GOES TO GALILEE Matthew 4:12; Mark 1:14; & Luke 4:14. _“And after that John was cast into prison, Jesus came unto Galilee.”_ Having entered upon His official Messiahship by purifying the temple...
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. These are sweet views of JESUS in his humbleness of character. And what a...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE MINISTRY BEGUN_ ‘Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum.’ Matthew 4:12 We approach now the begi...
Matthew 4:12._When Jesus had heard. _These words appear to be at variance with the narrative of the Evangelist John, who declares, that John and Christ discharged the office of public teachers at the...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
NOW, WHEN JESUS HAD HEARD THAT JOHN WAS CAST INTO PRISON,.... John was cast into prison by Herod; the reason of it may be seen in Matthew 14:3. The prison into which he was cast, according to Josephus...
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; Ver. 12. _Now when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison_] For Herodias' sake, though under pretexts of fear of...
_Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison_ Namely, for reproving Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, for taking his brother Philip's wife, and for other evils, Matthew 14:3: _he departe...
CAST INTO PRISON; LUKE 3:20. GALILEE; the northen part of Palestine....
THE BEGINNING OF THE GALILEAN MINISTRY AND THE CALL OF THE FOUR. With a few rapid strokes the evangelist now sketches the opening of the Messianic work of Christ in Galilee. He is not so much concerne...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
CAST: Or, delivered up...
12-17 It is just with God to take the gospel and the means of grace, from those that slight them and thrust them away. Christ will not stay long where he is not welcome. Those who are without Christ,...
John was some time after this cast into prison, for his free reproving Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee, for taking Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and other evils, MATTHEW 14:3,4 MR 6:17 LU...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews while the light from on high would beam upon us who were sitting in darkness, and were being detained in the shadow of death.[88] Tertullian On Fasting By and by th...
Matthew 4:12 Now G1161 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) that G3754 John G2491 prison G3860 (G5681) departed...
‘Now when he heard that John was delivered up (or ‘arrested'), he withdrew into Galilee, and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphta...
THE LIGHT COMMENCES TO SHINE, AND THE MESSIAH PREPARES FOR WORLD CONQUEST THROUGH THE WORD (4:12-22). Having determined His future course Jesus wastes no time in putting it into effect. But the death...
CONTENTS AND CONNECTION. The appearance of Jesus as the light of the world amidst the darkness of the land of Galilee, in accordance with prophecy (Matthew 4:12-16). The record begins at the close of...
Matthew 4:12. WHEN HE HEARD, _i.e.,_ in Judea. DELIVERED UP, _i.e.,_ into prison by Herod the tetrarch. The common version gives an explanation, not a literal translation. For reason of this imprison...
NOW WHEN HE HEARD (ακουσας δε). The reason for Christ's return to Galilee is given here to be that John had been delivered up into prison. The Synoptic Gospels skip from the temptation of Jesus to t...
4:12. _Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;_ Notice that there were at that time only two great ministers of God, John the Baptist, he must go to prison...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
WHEN JESUS HEARD. Matthew makes no attempt to follow the order of events. He omits a year between the temptation and this verse. (1) Jesus had returned to Bethany east of the Jordan (John 1:15-37) whe...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:12 These verses mark the beginning of Jesus’ Galilean ministry. It is traditionally thought that Jesus’ ministry lasted three years: a year of obscurity, a year of popularity...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
Jesus preaches in Galilee Matthew 4:12-17; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15; John 4:43-45;...
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 4:12. CAST INTO PRISON.—_Delivered up_ (R.V.). GALILEE = a circle or circuit originally confined to a “circle” of twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, 1 Kings 9:11 (cf. Jo...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
John 4:43; John 4:54; Luke 3:20; Luke 4:14; Luke 4:31;...
Was cast into prison [π α ρ ε δ ο θ η]. The verb means, first, to give, or hand over to another. So, to surrender a city or a person, often with the accompanying notion of treachery. The Rev., therefo...
He retired into Galilee — This journey was not immediately after his temptation. He first went from Judea into Galilee, John 1:43; John 2:1. Then into Judea again, and celebrated the passover at Jerus...
Observe here, 1. Our Savior, hearing of John's imprisonment, provides for his own safety, by departing into Galilee. As our holy Lord avoided persecution, so may we. Observe, 2. The place in Galilee...