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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 4:27

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.2Kings 5:14. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 4:28

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,And all in the synagogue were filled with fury — Perceiving the purport of his discourse, namely, that the blessing which they despised, would be offered to, and accepted by, the Gentiles. So changeable are the hearts of wicked men! So little are their starts of love to be depended on! So unable are they to bear the close application, even of a discourse which they most admire! read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:16-31

FIRST VISIT TO NAZARETH RESIDENCE AT CAPERNAUM, Luke 4:16-31. Luke sees a true propriety in selecting the first manifestation of the Lord at Nazareth, as the opening of his history of the great ministry. It was initial, ominous, typical. Here, pre-eminently, “he came to his own, and his own received him not.” It is strenuously maintained by some commentators that there was but one visit and rejection at Nazareth. This is argued from the fact that in both accounts the same proverb is adduced,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:27

27. Many lepers See notes on Matthew 8:2. Eliseus Greek form for Elisha. Naaman See 2 Kings 5:14. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:28

28. Were filled with wrath All at once the Church became a mob. It was clearly seen that the faithless widows and lepers were but types of themselves, the faithless Nazarenes. They now proceeded to show the justness of the type. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:29

29. Rose up From their seats in the synagogue. The phrase in the 28th verse, “when they heard these things,” implies that they interrupted him and broke off his discourse. Thrust him out Expelled him; implying that he would have stayed. Brow A precipitous projection. The term is taken from the brow of the human face. As Nazareth is a region of some fifteen hills, abounding in precipices, there are several which might have been suitable. The most striking of these is about two miles from... read more

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