Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 4:1-44
Chapter 4And 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 wilderness ( Luke 4:1 ),Now the Judean wilderness stretches from an area just fifteen miles north of Jericho, and continues on down to the Dead Sea. And it extends back to what are known as the Jerusalem Hills, and it is a very barren, desolate area known as the Judean wilderness. There is about an... read more
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 4:28-30
DISCOURSE: 1487CHRIST ESCAPES FROM HIS BLOOD-THIRSTY PERSECUTORSLuke 4:28-30. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way.NOTHING is more uncertain or transient than popular applause. However just may be the grounds of any praise that is bestowed, the... read more