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Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 4:1-99

Luke 4 OUR CHAPTER OPENS with Him returning from His baptism, full of the Holy Ghost. But before beginning His service He must for forty days be tempted of the devil. To this testing the Spirit led Him, and here we see the glorious contrast between the Second Man and the first. When the first man was created God pronounced all to be very good, but Satan came promptly on the scene, tempted man and ruined him. The Second Man has appeared, and the Father’s voice has pronounced His excellence, so... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 4:40-41

Cures on the Sabbath evening: v. 40. Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them. v. 41. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, the Son of God. And He, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak; for they knew that He was Christ. With the setting of the sun the Sabbath was over, and therefore all Sabbath commands no longer binding. It was... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 4:31-44

B. Capernaum.—The Prophet mighty in Works and Words before God and all the People. Luke 4:31 to Luke 7:501. The first Settlement, the first miraculous Acts, the first Choice of Apostles at Capernaum.a. Arrival And Activity At Capernaum, And Excursion From Thence Into The Region Round About (Luke 4:31-44)31And [he] came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught8 them on the sabbath days. 32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was withpower. 33And in the synagogue there... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 4:33-44

Luke A SABBATH IN CAPERNAUM Luk_4:33 - Luk_4:44 . There are seven references to Christ’s preaching in the synagogues in this chapter, and only two in the rest of this Gospel. Probably our Lord somewhat changed His method, and Luke, as the Evangelist of the gospel for Gentile as well as Jew, emphasises the change, as foreshadowing and warranting the similar procedure in Paul’s preaching. This lesson takes us down from the synagogue at Nazareth, among its hills, to that at Capernaum, on the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 4:31-44

Healer and Preacher Luke 4:31-44 In after years the evil spirit cried out, “Jesus I know,” Acts 19:15 . Evidently our Lord was not only “seen of angels,” but closely watched by the fallen spirits, who beheld His every act and listened to every word. What a remarkable verdict was that given in Luke 4:34 ! Those who know most of evil are most certain of the ultimate woe which awaits its votaries; and they know genuine goodness when they meet it. Our Lord had overcome the prince of demons, and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:1-44

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 revealed in Luke's words, "When the devil had completed every temptation." Evil had nothing more to suggest. The thoroughness of the temptation was the completeness of the victory. The perfect and victorious Man now found His way back to Nazareth, and there, reading from the prophecy of Isaiah,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 4:37-44

A Busy Day in the Life of Christ Luke 4:37-44 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Healed to help. When Simon's wife's mother was healed of the fever by the touch of the Divine Lord, we read, "Immediately she arose and ministered unto them." This was, as it should have been; and it was, as it should always be. We are saved to serve, and we are healed to serve. Blessings, which come to us from the hand of our Divine Lord, are not given to be stored, but to be multiplied by their use. If we take from God His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31-44

The Anointed Prophet Ministers In Capernaum And Elsewhere (4:31-44). In this passage the work of the Spirit Anointed Prophet is seen as coming to fulfilment. Here we are given the essence of His activity. Primarily He teaches with authority. But He also frees a man from captivity by evil spirits, He delivers from an oppressive fever, and carries on a successful healing and deliverance ministry, and then He goes on to proclaim the Kingly Rule of God in other towns also. Pause before you enter... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:40

Jesus Continues To Relieve The Oppressed and Afflicted (4:40). ‘And when the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with different kinds of diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.’ Once the Sabbath was over, and the sun was setting, many sick people were now brought to Jesus with many different kinds of diseases. They dared not bring them on the Sabbath because the Scribal regulations said that the only healings allowed on the Sabbath... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:40-44

Luke 4:40-Acts : . Other Healings ( Mark 1:32-Malachi : *, Matthew 8:16 f.*, Matthew 4:23-Lamentations : *).— The medical interest of Lk. here appears strongly. He distinguishes ordinary ailments from cases of demoniacal possession. Luke 4:43 is an announcement made earlier by Mk. ( Mark 1:15); Lk. has had to defer it through his treatment of the Nazareth episode. Luke 4:43 . I was sent is less original than Mk.’ s “ came I forth” ( i.e. from Capernaum). Luke 4:44 . Galilee. The true... read more

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