29 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. Ver. 29. Thrust him out of the city ] As unworthy to tread on their pavement. And so mad they were, that they could neither stay till the business were brought to a judicial trial, nor forbear execution till the sabbath were over. read more
30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, Ver. 30. But he passing, &c. ] Like a second Samson; his own arm saved him. This might have convinced his adversaries, except they were mad with malice. read more
and thrust: John 8:37, John 8:40, John 8:59, John 15:24, John 15:25, Acts 7:57, Acts 7:58, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:24, Acts 21:28-Jonah : brow: or, edge that: 2 Chronicles 25:12, Psalms 37:14, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33 Reciprocal: Numbers 35:20 - if he thrust Hosea 14:9 - but Matthew 10:23 - when John 1:46 - Can John 10:39 - General Acts 5:33 - they Acts 21:30 - and they Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction read more
John 8:59, John 10:39, John 18:6, John 18:7, Acts 12:18 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:11 - And David 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped Matthew 4:13 - leaving Luke 24:31 - vanished out of their sight John 5:13 - had John 20:14 - and knew read more
But he passing through the midst of them went his way,Passing through the midst of them — Perhaps invisibly; or perhaps they were overawed; so that though they saw, they could not touch him. read more
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
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
30. Passing through the midst of them Of course the mob was ahead of him. But at the moment in which he chose to escape, wonderful was the ease with which he passed through the crowd, who seem to have parted right and left, as if they meant to escort rather than to murder him. The question is raised whether this critical escape, and other similar instances, were miraculous, (John 8:59; John 18:6.) That they were not, the parallels of Caius Marius and others are adduced, where the awe of the... read more
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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