Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in (d) Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
(d) Which was a town a great deal more famous than Nazareth was.
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in (d) Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
(d) Which was a town a great deal more famous than Nazareth was.
Verse Matthew 4:13. _AND LEAVING NAZARETH_] Or, _entirely leaving Nazareth_, και καταλιπων την ναζαρετ, from κατα, _intensive_, and δειπω, _I leave_. It seems that, from this time, our blessed Lord m...
LEAVING NAZARETH - Because his townsmen cast him out, and rejected him. See Luke 4:14. CAME AND DWELT IN CAPERNAUM - This was a city on the northwest corner of the Sea of Tiberias. It is not mentioned...
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...
IN. at. Greek. _eis_ App-104. CAPERNAUM. Jewish authorities identify _Kaphir Nakhum_ with _Kaphir Temkhum,_ since corrupted into the modern _Tell Hum._ App-169. A Synagogue has been discovered in the...
_leaving Nazareth_ partly because of the unbelief of the Nazarenes, partly (we may infer) in order to be in a frontier town from which He might easily pass from the jurisdiction of Antipas. _Capernaum...
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...
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...
ΚΑΦΑΡΝΑΟΎΜ. This form is found in אBD and versions, on the other side are CEL and the majority of MSS. 13. ΚΑΤΑΛΙΠῺΝ ΤῊΝ ΝΑΖΑΡΆ. Partly because of the unbelief of the Nazarenes, partly (we may infer)...
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...
ΚΑΤΑΛΙΠΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ КАТАΛΕΊΠΩ (G2641) оставлять, расставаться, ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти, приходить, ΚΑΤΩΚΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΈΩ (G2730) жить. Об...
AND LEAVING NAZARETH— Namely, when they had wholly rejected his word, and even attempted to kill him. See Luke 4:29 and for an explanation of the next verses, the note on Isaiah 9:1 and Mede's works,...
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
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: AND LEAVING [ katalipoon (G2641 )] NAZARETH. The prevalent opinion is, t...
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...
4:13 sea-side (o-15) The Lake of Tiberias. see John 6:1 ....
AND LEAVING NAZARETH] He went, as was natural, first to Nazareth, but on account of His unfavourable reception there (Luke 4:16), migrated to Capernaum, which is on the NW. coast of the Sea of Galilee...
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....
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...
LEAVING NAZARETH. — The form of the name in the older MSS. is Nazara. St. Matthew records the bare fact. St. Luke (Luke 4:16) connects it with His rejection by the men of this very place, where He had...
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...
Ναζαρέτ. Jesus naturally went to Nazareth first, but He did not tarry there. κατῴκησεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ, He went to settle (as in Matthew 2:23) in Capernaum. This migration to Capernaum is not formally...
_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...
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...
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...
Nazareth was situated in Lower Galilee; and Capharnaum, a maritime town, in Higher Galilee. According to the historian, Josephus, it did not belong to Herod, the tetrarch, who sent the baptist to conf...
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...
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...
13._And having left Nazareth _I have thought it proper to introduce this passage of Matthew, immediately after Luke’s narrative, which we have just examined; because we may gather from the context tha...
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...
AND LEAVING NAZARETH,.... Where he was educated, and had lived many years together; and where he preached first to the good liking of the people, who WONDERED AT THE GRACIOUS WORDS THAT PROCEEDED OUT...
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: Ver. 13. _And leaving Nazareth_] Where he had his conception and education...
_Leaving Nazareth_ Namely, when they had rejected his word, and even attempted to kill him, as is described Luke 4:29: _he came and dwelt in Capernaum, upon the sea-coast_ “Capernaum is nowhere mentio...
CAPERNAUM; a town on the north-west shore of the sea of Galilee....
His home town naturally came first: AND LEAVING NAZARETH, HE CAME AND DWELT IN CAPERNAUM, WHICH IS UPON THE SEA COAST, IN THE BORDERS OF ZEBULON AND NAPHTALI. The unpleasant reception which was accord...
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...
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,...
By this (as was said before) it should seem that our Lord first went into the Nether Galilee, where Nazareth was, which after a time he left, and went to Capernaum; which Capernaum was a city near the...
Matthew 4:13 And G2532 leaving G2641 (G5631) Nazareth G3478 came G2064 (G5631) dwelt G2730 (G5656) in...
‘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 4:13. AND LEAVING NAZARETH, His early home. Because rejected there (Luke 4:16-30). A second rejection took place at a later period (comp. chap. Matthew 13:54-58;...
DWELT IN CAPERNAUM (Κατωικησεν εις Καφαρναουμ). He went first to Nazareth, his old home, but was rejected there (Luke 4:16-31). In Capernaum (probably the modern Τελλ Hυμ) Jesus was in a large town,...
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...
NOT... IN NAZARETH. They had rejected him (Luke 4:16-30), LIVED IN CAPERNAUM. A city of 30,000 on the northwest shore of the Lake of Galilee, It was an important city, had a synagogue, a Roman army ga...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:13 CAPERNAUM was on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was Jesus’ base of operations for his ministry in Galilee. ⇐
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 4:46; John 6:17; John 6:24; John 6:59; Joshua 19:10;...
THE FIRST DISCIPLES Matthew 4:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to speak on the wonderful privileges which belong to saints, called into comradeship with God. Where is the man or the wo...
Leaving Nazareth — Namely, when they had wholly rejected his word, and even attempted to kill him, Luke 4:29....