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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:1-44

Luke 4:2 . Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered. During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renovated, the glory of the only begotten shone through all his person. He was here prepared in body and in mind for the godlike sphere in which he was called to move, and in which he developed his character to be what the demons called him, the Holy One of God. Young men entering on the ministry should... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 4:18-22

Luke 4:18-22The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poorThe acceptable year of the LordEvery Christian would wish to know what were the first words spoken by Jesus as a preacher of good tidings.Two of the evangelists seem to gratify this natural curiosity. According to Matthew the Beatitudes were the inaugural utterances of the Galilean gospel; according to the third evangelist, not the sermon on the mount, but the sermon in the synagogue of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 4:18

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, Ver. 18. He hath anointed me to preach ] Therefore the gospel is a sure saying, and worthy of all acceptation, since it is an effect of the Holy Spirit: doubt not its excellence, authority, certainty, sufficiency. See my "True... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 4:18

Spirit: Psalms 45:7, Isaiah 11:2-Deuteronomy :, Isaiah 42:1-Numbers :, Isaiah 50:4, Isaiah 59:21 anointed: Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:6, *marg. Daniel 9:24, John 1:41, Acts 4:27, Acts 10:38 to preach: Luke 6:20, Luke 7:22, Isaiah 29:19, Zephaniah 3:12, Zechariah 11:11, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 11:5, James 2:5 to heal: 2 Chronicles 34:27, Psalms 34:18, Psalms 51:17, Psalms 147:3, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 66:2, Ezekiel 9:4 to preach deliverance: Psalms 102:20, Psalms 107:10-Nehemiah :, Psalms 146:7,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,He hath anointed me — With the Spirit. He hath by the power of his Spirit which dwelleth in me, set me apart for these offices.To preach the Gospel to the poor — Literally and spiritually. How is the doctrine of the ever-blessed trinity... 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