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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

Christ's sermon in Nazareth. The temptation of Christ strengthened all the graces within him, so that he felt himself prepared, on returning from the wilderness, for public work. Luke does not take us, as John does in his Gospel, back to the Jordan; nor does he take us to the marriage in Cana of Galilee, where the wonderful works began ( John 2:1-13 ). He prefers to sum up for us his early Galilaean ministry in two verses, before proceeding to a detailed account of his visit to Nazareth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:16

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day . This had been for years his practice in the little synagogue of the village where was his carpenter's shop. Children at the age of five years were admitted into the synagogue, and at thirteen attendance there was part of the legal life of the Jew. These synagogues were the regular places for religious gatherings every sabbath day, and also usually on Mondays and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:17

And there was delivered unto him the Book of the Prophet Esaias . In the sabbath service there were two lessons read. The first was always taken from the Pentateuch (the Law). The five books of Moses were written on parchment, (usually) between two rollers, and the day's lesson was left unrolled for the reader's convenience. The Prophets were on single rollers, no special portion being left open. It has been suggested that the great and famous Messianic passage read by our Lord was the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me . St. Luke here quotes, with a few important variations, from the LXX . of Isaiah 61:1 , Isaiah 61:2 . The clause, "to set at liberty them that are bruised," does not occur the present text of Isaiah. The bright, comforting words of the great prophet the Lord chose as giving a general summary of what he designed to carry out in his ministry. It could be no undesigned coincidence that the opening words of the passage contain a singularly clear mention... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The poor and the gospel. A most significant fact that the first work of the Messiah should be his "preaching the gospel to the poor." What is the significance of it? I. BY THE POOR DIVINE TRUTH IS MOST NEEDED . Their life on earth is the hardest; it is often one of unremitting toil ; often one of severe privation , almost destitute comfort and enjoyment; often one of serious and hard oppression , in which the strong will of another robs of all liberty of action.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Healing the broken-hearted. We have a supreme want, but we have a Divine remedy. I. THE BROKEN HUMAN HEART . There are two things which break hearts: 1 . One is intolerable shame ; the shame which comes from a crushing sense of sin; it may be of flagrant sin, such as commands the deep indignation and strong censure of our fellowmen, and involves the loss of our own self-respect; or it may be a sense of that common sin of which all the souls of men are guilty in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Spiritual bondage and Christian freedom. Who does not pity the captive? Saddening to the sympathetic heart is the thought of the man who is confined within his lonely and dreary cell, shut in from the beauties and melodies of nature, excluded from the haunts of men, debarred from all the activities of busy life, unable to enter his own home, compelled to unwilling solitude and separation from those he loves! There is no prayer that we breathe with a finer or fuller feeling than the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Spiritual blindness. "The recovering of sight to the blind." We think of— I. THE BADNESS OF BLINDNESS , and its degrees. "It must be very bad to be blind," we say; probably we but faintly realize what it means. 1 . It is bad to be physically blind—to look on no scenery, to read no book, to behold no countenance, to recognize no love in a human face, to grope our way in the thick darkness. 2 . It is worse to be mentally blind—to see, and not to see; to open the eyes... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The bruised. "To set at liberty them that are bruised." And who may they be who are thus characterized? and in what way does Jesus Christ meet their especial need? I. BRUISED SOULS . We find these in: 1 . Those who are chafed with the worries of life; whose disposition is such, or whose circumstances are such, that they are harassed and fretted by a multitude of minor conflicts with men and things; who are in danger of losing or have lost their mental equilibrium as the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:20

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down . This was the usual position adopted by a Jewish preacher. The chair of the preacher was placed near the spot where the lesson was read. These synagogues were built with the end pointed towards Jerusalem, in which direction the Jew ever loved to turn as he prayed ( Daniel 6:10 ). The men sat on one side of the building, the women on the other. There was always at the end of the chamber an ark of wood, a memory of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:20

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