εἰ μὴ Ναιμὰν ὁ Σύρος. No leper was healed except Naaman. (2 Kings 5:1-14. Thus both Elijah and Elisha had carried God’s mercies to Gentiles.) The use of the words is elliptic, like οὐδὲν σιτέονται εἰ μὴ ἰχθῦς, Hdt. Comp. Matthew 12:4.
Verse 27. _NONE OF THEM WAS CLEANSED_] This verse is to be understood as the 26th; for Naaman, being a _Syrian_, was _no leper_ _in Israel_. The meaning of these verses is, God dispenses his benefit...
MANY LEPERS - For an account of the leprosy see the notes at Matthew 8:1. TIME OF ELISEUS - Time of Elisha. The word “Eliseus” is the Greek way of writing the word Elisha, as Elias is of Elijah. SAVI...
III. THE MINISTRY IN GALILEE -- CHAPTER 4:14-9:50 CHAPTER 4:14-44 _ 1. In the Synagogue of Nazareth (Luke 4:14)_ 2. Unbelief and Rejection of Christ. (Luke 4:22) 3. A Demon Cast Out in Capernaum ...
JESUS IN NAZARETH (Mark 1:14 f.*, Matthew 4:12 *, Mark 6:1 *, Matthew 13:53 *). Lk. brings Jesus to Galilee, but, anxious to make the mission begin in His
So Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up; and, as was his habit, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read the lesson. The roll of the prophet Isaiah was giv...
THE BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION (Luke 4:1-13)...
IN THE TIME OF. Greek. _epi._ App-104. ELISEUS. Elisha. NAAMAN. See 2Ki 5:....
_saving Naaman the Syrian_ 2 Kings 5:1-14. Thus both Elijah and Elisha had carried God's mercies to Gentiles....
Rejection by the Nazarenes 24. _is accepted in his own country_ St Matthew adds (Matthew 13:57) "and in his own house," implying that "neither did His brethren believe on Him." This curious psychologi...
Ver 22. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 23. And he said to them, You will surely say to me this...
ΈΠΊ с _gen._ во времена, ΈΚΑΘΑΡΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΘΑΡΊΖΩ (G2511) очищать....
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, &C.— When our Lord came to Galilee, with a view to exercise his ministry, he did not go to Nazareth: on the contrary, he passed by it, and went straight to Cana, which lay not f...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Visitation of the Son of Man in Time (Luke 4:14-30) 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the s...
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. AND MANY LEPERS WERE IN ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF ELISEUS (OR ELISHA), THE PR...
8 "It is written" is the sword of the spirit, that destroys the insinuations of the Slanderer. And if he counters with a passage (for error is best supported by an appeal to Holy Writ), the only defen...
4:27 but (a-21) 'But' here has the sense of 'but it is only' or 'no one else than.' see Galatians 1:7 and 19....
ELISEUS] RV 'Elisha.'...
VISIT TO NAZARETH. See Matthew 13:53; Mark 6:1. It must remain doubtful whether this visit to Nazareth, which Lk places at the beginning of the Galilean ministry, is identical with that placed conside...
THE TEMPTATION. NAZARETH. CAPERNAUM 1-13. The Temptation (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS AND THE DEVIL 4:1-13 V1-2 Jesus returned from the river Jordan. He was full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit led him into the desert for 4...
ELISEUS THE PROPHET. — The original gives, as was natural, the Greek form of Elisha, as before of Elijah. SAVING NAAMAN. — Better, _but Naaman._ as before....
CHAPTER 8 THE GOSPEL OF THE JUBILEE. IMMEDIATELY after the Temptation Jesus returned "in the power of the Spirit," and with all the added strength of His recent victories, to Galilee. Into what parts...
_Jesus in Nazareth_ (Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6 a). Though Lk. uses an editorial discretion in the _placing_ of this beautiful story, there need be no suspicion as to the historicity of its main fea...
ὁ Σύρος. Naaman and the widow of Sarepta both Gentiles: these references savouring of universalism were welcome to Lk., but there is no reason to suspect that he put them into Christ's mouth. Jesus mi...
_The sequel_....
“HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT” Luke 4:14-30 A wide gap occurs here, embracing the important transactions of John 1:29-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36; John 4:1-54. What a flutter in Mary's heart when she s...
As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is rev...
JESUS REJECTED AT NAZARETH, MIGRATES TO CAPERNAUM Luke 4:16-31; Matthew 4:13-16. “He came into Nazareth, where he was brought up, and according to the custom to Him on the Sabbath-day, He came into th...
THIRD PART: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN GALILEE, LUKE 4:14 TO LUKE 9:50. The three Synoptics all connect the narrative of the Galilaean ministry with the account of the temptation. But the narrations of...
1. _Visit to Nazareth: Luke 4:14-30_. This portion opens with a general glance at the commencement of the active labours of Jesus in Galilee: Luke 14:14-15. Then, resting on this foundation, but separ...
FIRST CYCLE: VISITS TO NAZARETH AND TO CAPERNAUM, LUKE 4:14-44. The following narratives are grouped around two names _ Nazareth_ (Luke 4:14-30) and _Capernaum_ (Luke 4:31-44)....
2 _d. Luke 4:16-30_. Jesus did not begin by preaching at Nazareth. In His view, no doubt, the inhabitants of this city stood in much the same relation to the people of the rest of Galilee as the inhab...
_The Colloquy. “And He said to them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country._ 24 _And He said, Verily...
(23) And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. (24) And he said, Verily I say un...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_FAITH AND GRACE_ ‘And He said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country. But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows … and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but...
The unknown Son of God on earth, Jesus, is led (chapter 4) into the wilderness by the Holy Ghost, with whom He had been sealed, to undergo the temptation of the enemy, beneath which Adam fell. But Jes...
AND MANY LEPERS WERE IN ISRAEL,.... The leprosy was a disease very common among the Jews; hence those laws concerning it in Leviticus 13:1 and it seems by this account, that it was very prevalent, IN...
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Ver. 27. _Naaman the Syrian_] Nor he neither so long as he looked upon God'...
_Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias_, &c. “By putting them thus in mind of Elijah's miracle in behalf of the widow of Sarepta, a heathen inhabitant of a heathen city, in a time of famine,...
ELISEUS; this is the Greek manner of spelling the Hebrew word Elisha, as Elias is that of Elijah....
The rebuke of Christ:...
AND MANY LEPERS WERE IN ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF ELISEUS THE PROPHET; AND NONE OF THEM WAS CLEANSED SAVING NAAMAN THE SYRIAN. Even now prejudice and rejection were raising their heads in the minds of the...
TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:12 it...
14-30 Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 4:26...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews with axes on the bank of the river Jordan, the iron flew off and sank in the stream; and so, on Elisha[290] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV to the exclusion of[2...
Luke 4:27 And G2532 many G4183 lepers G3015 were G2258 (G5713) in G1722 Israel G2474 time G1909 Elisha...
‘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 Sy...
Luke 4:27. MANY LEPERS. In 2 Kings 7:3, four are spoken of, IN THE TIME OF ELISHA THE PROPHET. Naaman the Syrian, see 2 Kings 5:1-19. The miracles wrought by Elijah and Elisha in the cases referred to...
CHRONOLOGY. A number of events occurred in Judea before the ministry in Galilee spoken of in Luke 4:14-15, according to Andrews the whole of the first year. (See notes on Matthew 4:12; comp. John 1:35...
IN THE TIME OF ELISHA THE PROPHET (επ Ελισαιου του προφητου). This use of επ with the genitive for "in the time of" is a good Greek idiom. The second illustration of the proverb is from the time of...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. Luke 4:16. And he came to N...
We will read three short passages of Scripture, all relating to Christ's service. The first concerns the ministry of the Lord Jesus himself. Luke 4:16. And he came to Nazareth, where lie had been, br...
Luke 4:14. _And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:_ Ah, dear brethren, if our Lord Jesus needed «the power of the Spirit», how much more do you and I need it! We have no power of...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. Casting of demons out of man at Capernaum. Healing of Peter's wife's mother and others. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, Josep...
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...
LISTEN TO ME. He points out that Elijah saved a Sidonian widow in Zarephath; and Elisha healed Naaman, a Syrian leper. He points to the saving of the Gentiles....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:25 The examples Jesus cites from the ministries of ELIJAH and ELISHA show that, when Israel rejects God’s prophets, God sends them elsewhere, even to Gentiles....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 4:16 The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee. Except for Luke 8:26, this next section of Luke takes place in Galilee....
CHAPTER 4 VER. 1. _And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan_, having been there baptized by John a little time before, and having _visibly_ received the Holy Spirit, whose fulness...
_And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman the Syrian_, a foreigner and a Gentile. As Elisha, following his master Elias, did not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 4:14. RETURNED.—_I.e._ from Judæa. GALILEE.—The main centre of our Lord’s ministry (cf. Acts 10:37; Luke 23:5). IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT.—Fresh strength gained from His victory...
EXPOSITION LUKE 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and least understood...
And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from Jordan (Luke 4:1), Now He was at Jordan where He was baptized by John, and He returned from Jordan. and was led by the Spirit into the wildernes...
1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 5:1; Daniel 4:35; Job 21:22; Job 33:13;...
Lepers. Wyc., renders meselis, the middle English word for a leper, and derived from misellus, a diminutive of the Latin miser, wretched....
2 Kings 5:14....