E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 4:32
astonished. Compare Matthew 7:28 . doctrine = teaching. with. Greek. en. App-104 . power = authority, as in Luke 4:6 . read more
astonished. Compare Matthew 7:28 . doctrine = teaching. with. Greek. en. App-104 . power = authority, as in Luke 4:6 . read more
man. Greek anthropos. App-123 . spirit = Greek. pneuma. App-101 . of . Genitive of Apposition. App-17 . unclean. Occurs thirty times, of which twenty-four apply to demons. devil = demon. read more
And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day: and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.THE CURE OF A DEMONIAC IN CAPERNAUMNote that Luke explained the location of Capernaum, due to the non-Jewish readers who would see it. The astonishment of the people was due to the authority of Jesus' words (see Matthew 7:29). His teaching was not patterned after the methods of the Pharisees. He did not bow down before the... read more
And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice, Ah, what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.The fact of demon possession is undeniably taught in the Gospels, nor can the fact of it be rationalized out of existence by the supposition that Jesus merely accommodated himself to popular prejudice, or by supposing that the afflicted merely had such... read more
Luke 4:31. To Capernaum,— Capernaum is no where mentioned in the Old Testament, either by its own name, or by any other. Probably it was one of those towns which the Jews built after their return from Babylon. Its exact situation has not yet been determined with certainty by geographers; only, from its being on the confines of the two tribes, Reland and others conjecture that it stood somewhere on the north-west shore of the lake of Gennezareth. According to Josephus, (Bell. b. 3. 100: 18.) the... read more
Luke 4:32. They were astonished— They were powerfully struck, or much affected. See ch. Luke 2:47-48. read more
31. down to Capernaum—It lay on the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:13), whereas Nazareth lay high. Matthew 4:13- :. DEMONIAC HEALED. read more
33. unclean—The frequency with which this character of impurity is applied to evil spirits is worthy of notice. cried out, c.—(See Matthew 8:29 Mark 3:11). read more
IV. JESUS’ MINISTRY IN AND AROUND GALILEE 4:14-9:50Luke commenced his account of Jesus’ public ministry with His return to Galilee following His temptation. This section of his Gospel ends with Jesus’ decision to leave Galilee for Jerusalem and the Cross (Luke 9:51). Luke did not give as much information about Jesus’ Galilean ministry as the other synoptic writers did (cf. Matthew 4:12 to Matthew 16:12; Mark 1:14 to Mark 8:26). He chose, rather, to emphasize Jesus’ ministry as He traveled from... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 4:31
And, &c. Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in verses: Luke 4:31-37 . Compare Mark 1:21-28 . Capernaum. The second place of His ministry. See the Structure (E2, p. 1442). See App-169 . Galilee. See App-169 . taught = was teaching (i.e. continuously). read more