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Verse 25. _IN THE DAYS OF ELIAS_] See this history, 1 Kings 17:1,
compared with 1 Kings 18:1. This was evidently a miraculous
interference, as no rain fell for three years and six months, even in
the...
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OF A TRUTH - Truly, and therefore worthy of your credit. He calls
attention to two cases where “acknowledged” prophets had so little
honor in their own nation that they bestowed their favors on
foreig...
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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 ...
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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
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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...
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THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...
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OF. TRUTH. in (as in Luke 4:11) truth.
ELIAS. Elijah. See 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 17:8 1 Kings 17:9....
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Rejection by the Nazarenes
24. _is accepted in his own country_ St Matthew adds (Matthew 13:57)
"and in his own house," implying that "neither did His brethren
believe on Him." This curious psychologi...
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_many widows were in Israel_ So far from trying to flatter them, He
tells them that His work is not to be for _their_special benefit or
glorification, but that He had now passed far beyond the limitat...
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REJECTION BY THE NAZARENES...
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ΠΟΛΛΑῚ ΧΗ͂ΡΑΙ ἮΣΑΝ … ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ἸΣΡΑΉΛ.
So far from trying to flatter them, He tells them that His work is not
to be for _their_ special benefit or glorification, but that He had
now passed far beyond th...
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Ver 22. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words
which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's
son? 23. And he said to them, You will surely say to me this...
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ΈΚΛΕΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΛΕΊΩ (G2808)
запирать, закрывать. Богосл. _pass._
ΈΠ в течение, около,
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 4:3....
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, &C.— When our Lord came to Galilee, with a
view to exercise his ministry, he did not go to Nazareth: on the
contrary, he passed by it, and went straight to Cana, which lay not
f...
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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...
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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when
great famine was throughout all the land;
BUT I TELL YOU OF...
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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...
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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...
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ELIAS] RV 'Elijah.' Our Lord gives two instances of prophets, who,
being dishonoured in their own country, went and conferred great
blessings upon foreigners. THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS] So also in
Ja...
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THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM
1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....
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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...
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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...
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This verse begins, like Luke 4:24, with a solemn asseveration. It
contains the proper answer to Luke 4:23. It has been suggested (J.
Weiss) that Luke 4:22; Luke 4:24 have been inter
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_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...
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_The sequel_....
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“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...
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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...
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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when
great famine was throughout all the (h) land;
(h) Land of Isra...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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_The Colloquy. “And He said to them, Ye will surely say unto me this
proverb, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard done in
Capernaum, do also here in thy country._ 24 _And He said, Verily...
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(23) And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb,
Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum,
do also here in thy country. (24) And he said, Verily I say un...
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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...
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_FAITH AND GRACE_
‘And He said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his
own country. But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows …
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but...
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25._There were many widows _After throwing back upon themselves the
blame of their being deprived of miracles, he produces two examples to
prove, that they ought not to think it strange, if God prefer...
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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...
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BUT I TELL YOU OF A TRUTH,.... Or in truth: it answers to
באמת, a phrase often used by the Jewish writers o; and, which,
they say p, wherever, and of whatsoever it is spoken, it signifies a
tradition...
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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when
great famine was throughout all the land;
Ver. 25. _Many widow...
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_Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias_, &c. “By putting
them thus in mind of Elijah's miracle in behalf of the widow of
Sarepta, a heathen inhabitant of a heathen city, in a time of famine,...
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I TELL YOU; he told them, in illustration of what he had said and of
the propriety of his conduct, of two cases recorded in their
scriptures where miracles were wroght by the prophet Elijah and
Elisha...
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The rebuke of Christ:...
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BUT I TELL YOU OF A TRUTH, MANY WIDOWS WERE IN ISRAEL IN THE DAYS OF
ELIAS, WHEN THE HEAVEN WAS SHUT UP THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS, WHEN
GREAT FAMINE WAS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND;...
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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...
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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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Ver. 25-27. The two stories to which our Saviour refers are those 1
KINGS 17:9 2 KINGS 5:14. But the question is what our Saviour intended
to teach them by these stories, which made them so exceeding...
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Luke 4:25 But G1161 tell G3004 (G5719) you G5213 truly G1909 G225 many
G4183 widows G5503 were...
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‘But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in
the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six
months, when there came a great famine over all the land, and to n...
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Luke 4:25. BUT OF A TRUTH I SAY UNTO YOU. God had enabled the two
greatest prophets in Israel to grant the greatest blessings to
foreigners. Our Lord places Himself beside these prophets. His hearers...
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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...
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THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS
(ετη τρια κα μηνας εξ). Accusative of duration of time
without επ (doubtful). The same period is given in James 5:17, the
popular Jewish way of speaking. In 1 Kings 18:1...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LISTEN TO ME. He points out that Elijah saved a Sidonian widow in
Zarephath; and Elisha healed Naaman, a Syrian leper. He points to the
saving of the Gentiles....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:2; Ephesians 1:11; Ephesians
1:9
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A great famine was throughout all the land [ε γ ε ν ε τ ο λ ι
μ ο ς μ ε γ α ς ε π ι π α σ α ν τ η ν γ η ν].
More literally and correctly, as Rev., there came (or arose) a great
famine over all the lan...
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When the heaven was shut up three years and six months — Such a
proof had they that God had sent him. In 1 Kings 18:1, it is said, The
word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: namely, reckon...
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Here our Saviour by. double instance confirms what he had last told
his countrymen at Nazareth, namely, that prophets are most despised by
their own countrymen and acquaintance, and that strangers oft...