Luke 4:16-44 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:22

‘And all bore him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” They all took note of what He had said. This probably refers not only to His opening words, but also to words which followed. Luke is only giving us the gist of what is being said. From what follows we would expect to read antagonism in this verse, and it can in fact be read like that. They bore witness to what He said, were quite astonished at it, even... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:23

‘And he said to them, “Doubtless you will say to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself’, whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your own country.” ’ Thus Jesus chides them because of their attitude, and puts into their mouths the words that they wanted to say, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ In other words ‘get yourself sorted out’. These words probably mean that as He has not performed any miracles in Nazareth He needs to heal Himself so that He could perform in Nazareth... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:24

‘And he said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.”’ Then Jesus explained quite firmly (‘truly’) why He had performed so few healings in Nazareth (Mark 6:5). It was because no prophet was acceptable in his own area, and especially in his own home town. Thus they did not have the faith even to bring their sick to Him. (Their view was probably that if He was a genuine healer, which they doubted, He ought to seek the sick out for Himself. After all it was His home... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:25-26

‘But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land, and to none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.’ In reply to them He first pointed out that in the period of the great famine in the time of Elijah when God was judging His people, Elijah had not been sent to widows among his own countrymen, but... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:27

‘And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.’ His second illustration was of the healing of the leprosy of the Syrian general Naaman. He pointed out that there had been many lepers in Israel, and yet it had only been the foreigner, the Gentile, who was cleansed. Again His point is that Elijah’s countrymen did not come to him for healing. And again He was probably making the same point about why He had healed... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:28-29

‘And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things, and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, so that they might throw him down headlong.’ So filled with anger as they listened to Him in the synagogue, they rose from their seats, dragged Him outside the town, and prepared to throw Him headlong over a nearby cliff, a part of the mountain on which Nazareth was built. We have here the... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:30

‘But he passing through the midst of them went his way.’ Their attempt to kill Him failed. We are not told why. Luke wants us to appreciate that God just would not let it happen, and that in this deliverance the words of Psalms 91:11-12, quoted by the Devil in the final temptation, had proved true for Jesus because He had been faithful and had resisted the temptation. In a sense what the Devil had said was true. Jesus was here as the Son of God and He was thus untouchable until God gave the... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31

‘And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath day.’ Having left Nazareth in a hurry Jesus now ‘came down’ (from the mountainside to the lakeside) to Capernaum, on the shore of the Lake of Galilee. He had already been active there (one or two of His future disciples lived there) as we learned from Luke 4:23. And He taught them on the Sabbath day (in the synagogue - Luke 4:33). read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31-32

Teaching With Authority, Proclaiming The Good News To The Poor (4:31-32) read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31-44

The Anointed Prophet Ministers In Capernaum And Elsewhere (4:31-44). In this passage the work of the Spirit Anointed Prophet is seen as coming to fulfilment. Here we are given the essence of His activity. Primarily He teaches with authority. But He also frees a man from captivity by evil spirits, He delivers from an oppressive fever, and carries on a successful healing and deliverance ministry, and then He goes on to proclaim the Kingly Rule of God in other towns also. Pause before you enter... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:23

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:25-26

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:28-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:30

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 4:31-44

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