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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:14

Returned in the power of the Spirit - Εν τῃ δυναμει του πνευματος , In the mighty power of the Spirit. Having now conquered the grand adversary, he comes in the miracle-working energy of the Spirit to show forth his power, godhead, and love to the people, that they might believe and be saved. He who, through the grace of God, resists and overcomes temptation, is always bettered by it. This is one of the wonders of God's grace, that those very things which are designed for our utter ruin... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:15

And he taught in their synagogues - We do not find that even the persecuting Jews ever hindered Christ or his disciples from preaching in their synagogues. Is it the same in every place where even the Christian religion is established by law? Would Jesus, or his apostles, or their most Scriptural representatives, be permitted to preach in one out of a thousand churches, in certain countries, unless they were strictly conformed to their external ecclesiastical customs? Nor even then, unless... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:16

To Nazareth, where he had been brought up - It is likely that our Lord lived principally in this city till the 30th year of his age; but, after he entered on his public ministry, his usual place of residence was at the house of Peter, in Capernaum. As his custom was - Our Lord regularly attended the public worship of God in the synagogues; for there the Scriptures were read: other parts of the worship were very corrupt; but it was the best at that time to be found in the land. To worship... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:17

And when he had opened the book - Αναπτυξας , When he had unrolled it. The Sacred Writings used to this day, in all the Jewish synagogues, are written on skins of basil, parchment, or vellum, sewed end to end, and rolled on two rollers, beginning at each end; so that, in reading from right to left, they roll off with the left, while they roll on with the right. Probably the place in the Prophet Isaiah, here referred to, was the lesson for that day; and Jesus unrolled the manuscript till he... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord - This is found in Isaiah 61:1 ; but our Lord immediately adds to it Isaiah 42:7 . The proclaiming of liberty to the captives, and the acceptable year (or year of acceptance) of the Lord, is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of jubilee by sound of trumpet: see Leviticus 25:8 ; (note), etc., and the notes there. This was a year of general release of debts and obligations; of bond-men and women; of lands and possessions, which had been sold from... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:20

Were fastened on him - Were attentively fixed on him. The proper import of ατενιζοντες αυτῳ . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:22

At the gracious words - To the words of grace, επι τοις λογοις της χαριτος , or the doctrines of grace, which he then preached. It is very strange that none of the evangelists give us any account of this sermon! There was certainly more of it than is related in Luke 4:21 . To-day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears; which seems to have been no more than the first sentence he spoke on the occasion. Had it been necessary for our salvation, it would have been recorded. It was a... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:23

Physician, heal thyself - That is, heal the broken-hearted in thy own country, as the latter clause of the verse explains it; but they were far from being in a proper spirit to receive the salvation which he was ready to communicate; and therefore they were not healed. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:24

No prophet is accepted - See on Matthew 13:55-57 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:25

In the days of Elias - See this history, 1 Kings 17:1-9 , compared with 1 Kings 18:1-45. This was evidently a miraculous interference, as no rain fell for three years and six months, even in the rainy seasons. There were two of these in Judea, called the first and the latter rains; the first fell in October, the latter in April: the first prepared the ground for the seed, the latter ripened the harvest. As both these rains were withheld, consequently there was a great famine throughout all... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:25

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