The gracious words. — Literally, the words of grace. It is noticeable that the latter noun does not occur at all in St. Matthew or St. Mark, becomes prominent in the Acts, and is afterwards the most characteristic word of the Epistles of St. Paul and St. Peter.
Verse Luke 4:22. _AT THE GRACIOUS WORDS_] _To the words of grace_, επι τοις λογοις της χαριτος, or the _doctrines of grace_, which he then preached. It is very strange that none of the evangelists gi...
ALL BARE HIM WITNESS - All were witnesses of the power and truth of what he said. Their reason and conscience approved of it, and they were constrained to admit the force and propriety of it, and on t...
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...
AT. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE GRACIOUS WORDS. the words of grace. See note on Luke 1:30. Genitive of character, App-17. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. JOSEPH'S SON. See note on Luke 3:23....
_gracious words_ Rather, WORDS OF GRACE. The word grace does not here mean mercy or favour (_Gnade_), but beauty and attractiveness (_Anmuth_). This verse and John 7:46 are the chief proofs that there...
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...
JESUS RETURNS TO NAZARETH AND PREACHES THERE...
ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΛΌΓΟΙΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΧΆΡΙΤΟΣ. _The words of the grace_. Comp. Colossians 3:16, ἐν χάριτι ᾄδοντες. The word ‘grace’ does not here mean mercy or favour (_Gnade_), but beauty and attractiveness (_Anmuth_)....
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...
ΈΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) быть свидетелем, свидетельствовать, с _dat._ преимущества ("свидетельствовать для него"). Inch. _impf._ ΈΘΑΎΜΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΑΥΜΆΖΩ (G2296)...
DISCOURSE: 1485 OUR LORD’S FIRST SERMON AT NAZARETH Luke 4:21. _And he began to say unto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the graciou...
AND SAT DOWN.— In agreement with the custom which we have spoken of at the end of the note on Luke 4:16 our Lord _sat down_ to preach, after he had read the passage in the prophet which he made the su...
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 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? AND ALL BARE HIM WITNESS, AND WONDERED AT THE GRACIOUS WORDS...
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...
BARE HIM WITNESS] i.e. declared that the report of His power as a preacher was not exaggerated. AND THEY SAID] or, rather, '_but_ they said,' according to the Heb. idiom, which has only one word for...
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...
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...
_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...
ἐμαρτύρουν α., bore witness to Him, not = δοξαζόμενος in Luke 4:15; the confession was extorted from them by Christ's undeniable power. ἐθαύμαζον, not, _admired_, but, were surprised at (Hahn). λόγοις...
_The sequel_....
“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...
(4) And all (e) bare him witness, and (f) wondered at the (g) gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? (4) Familiarity causes Christ to be condemned a...
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...
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)....
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...
_The Preaching._ The description of the assembly, Luke 4:20, is so dramatic, that it appears to have come from an eye-witness. The sense of ἤρξατο, He began (Luke 4:21), is not that these were the _f...
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...
22._And all gave testimony to him _Here Luke draws our attention, first, to the truly divine grace, which breathed in the lips of Christ; and then presents a lively picture of the ingratitude of men....
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 ALL BARE HIM WITNESS,.... That he was right in applying the words to the Messiah; but not that he himself was the Messiah, and that he was right in applying them to himself; for they did not belie...
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? Ver. 22. _Is not this Joseph's son?_] And what of that? But it...
_And all_ the congregation _bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words_, &c. By this it appears, that our Lord proved and illustrated his assertion, (that the passage he had read was that da...
GRACIOUS WORDS; words of kindness and compassion which he uttered as he explained to them the spiritual meaning of the prophecy, and the salvation which he, as the Messiah, would grant to his people....
The sermon and its effect:...
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? When Jesus had finished the reading of the lesson, He rolled the...
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...
All that heard our Saviour in the synagogue BARE HIM WITNESS. Of what? Not that he was the Messias, much less the Son of God; but they praised his discourse in opening the prophecy: they did not belie...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews I wait to hear what you understand thereby; for fear you may perhaps think some carpenter-king[220]...
Luke 4:22 So G2532 all G3956 witness G3140 (G5707) Him G846 and G2532 marveled G2296 (G5707) at...
‘And all bore him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?” They all took note of what He had said. This probably refers...
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...
Luke 4:22. AND ALL BORE WITNESS, _i.e._, favorable witness. WORDS OF GRACE. He had evidently spoken at some length. ‘Grace' here refers to the beauty of His discourse, and not to its _moral_ quality....
BARE HIM WITNESS (εμαρτυρουν). Imperfect active, perhaps inchoative. They all began to bear witness that the rumours were not exaggerations (Luke 4:14) as they had supposed, but had foundation in fa...
Luke 4:22 Christ's words of love the reproof of detraction. St. James is amazed at it, as against nature and one of the deepest aggravations of the sinfulness of sinful speaking, that the tongue, whi...
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...
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...
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...
THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE HAS COME TRUE TODAY. By his reading of it, and by his mission. We are not told all he taught, but the people were well impressed with him. ISN'T HE THE SON OF JOSEPH? A "sour...
_Ye will surely say unto Me this proverb, Physician, heal Thyself_ THE TREATMENT OF CHRIST BY THE NAZARENES 1_._ No man should be undervalued on account of humble parentage. If a man behave well hi...
_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 4:16 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...
_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?_ "Words of grace," he calls them (1) gracious, beautiful, suave...
_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 6:10; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 50:4;...
Bare him witness. Compare verse 14. They confirmed the reports which had been circulated about him. Note the imperfect tense. There was a continuous stream of admiring comment. Similarly, were wonderi...
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...
The gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth — A person of spiritual discernment may find in all the discourses of our Lord a peculiar sweetness, gravity, and becomingness, such as is not to be...
Observe here, 1. The effect of our Saviour's ministry at Nazareth: it created wonder, but did not produce faith; they marvelled, but not believed; they admired the wisdom of his discourse, but will no...