Luke 4:22-37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:28

And all they in the synagogue ,.... The ruler and minister, and the whole multitude of the common people that were met together there for worship; and who before were amazed at his eloquence, and the gracefulness of his delivery; and could not but approve of his ministry, though they could not account for it, how he should come by his qualifications for it: when they heard these things ; these two instances of Elijah and Elisha, the one supplying the wants of a Sidonian woman, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:29

And rose up ,.... In great wrath, and, in a noisy and tumultuous manner, before the service was well over, and without being regularly dismissed: and thrust him out of the city ; first out of the synagogue, and then out of their city, as unworthy to be in it, though an inhabitant of it; and as if he had done something deserving of death; and therefore to be punished as a malefactor without the city: and led him unto the brow of the hill ; the edge of it, where it run out, and hung... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:30

But he passing through the midst of them ,.... Either in so strong and powerful a manner, and with so much swiftness, that being once out of their hands, they could not lay hold on him again; or else he put on another form, or made himself invisible to them; or he held their eyes that they could not see him, or know him, as in Luke 24:16 however it was, he made use of, and showed his divine power; and which he did, because his time to die was not yet come, nor was he to die such a death:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:31

And came down to Capernaum ,.... Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill: a city of Galilee : of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee: and taught them on the sabbath days : that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:32

And they were astonished at his doctrine ,.... At the matter of it, as well as the manner in which it was delivered, it being so different from the Scribes and Pharisees, they had been used to: for his word was with power : he spake with great fervency, majesty, and authority, and not with coldness and indifference, and dependence on the sense and authority of others, as their teachers did; and besides, such power went along with the word, that it reached their hearts; and as the Persic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:33

And in the synagogue there was a man ,.... That is, in the synagogue at Capernaum, as Christ was there teaching, on one of the sabbath days before mentioned; there was a certain man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil : who was possessed with the devil, who is by nature and practice unclean; and was filled with the spirit of the devil, with a spirit of divination, and was acted by him, to impose upon the people; he influenced his mind as an enthusiast, as well as possessed his body:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:34

Saying, let us alone ,.... Not that there were more spirits in him than one, as the whole account shows; but he includes the rest of the devils in that country; See Gill on Mark 1:24 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:35

And Jesus rebuked him ,.... Not the man, but the unclean spirit: or "that demon", as the Persic version reads it: saying, hold thy peace , or "be thou muzzled", as the word signifies, and come out of him ; See Gill on Matthew 1:25 . and when the devil had thrown him in the midst ; in the "midst of them", as the Arabic version adds; that is, in the midst of the people that were in the synagogue; or, as the Ethiopic version reads, "in the midst of the synagogue", where he threw... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:36

And they were all amazed ,.... The people in the synagogue; they were astonished at his doctrine before, and now at his miracles: and spake among themselves ; as they were in the synagogue, what a word is this? meaning, either what sort of doctrine is this which is attended with such power and miracles; or what a word of command is this, "hold thy peace, and come out of him?" and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "what is this mandatory", or "commanding word?" to which agrees the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 4:37

And the fame of him went out ,.... From hence on account of his dispossessing this unclean spirit, which seems to be the first instance of this kind: into every place in the country round about ; into every city, town, and village in Galilee, and even into all places round about Galilee; Mark 1:28 . read more

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