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Luke 4:31-44
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Luke 4:1-13
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Luke 4:31-44
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Luke 4:14-30
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JESUS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL - Oct 16, 2019 -
Luke 4:31-44
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Luke 4:14-30
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Luke 4:1-13
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Luke 4:1-13
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Luke 4:14-30
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Luke 4:31-37
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Luke 4:38-44
FOR THAT IS WHY I WAS SENT - Jan 01, 2000
JESUS REJECTED IN HIS HOMETOWN
Key verse: 18
NIV
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14 Jesus returned to Galilee(A) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.(B) 15 He was teaching in their synagogues,(C) and everyone praised him.
16 He went to Nazareth,(D) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,(E) as was his custom. He stood up to read,(F) 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(G)
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news(H) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a](I)
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.(J) The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled(K) in your hearing.”
22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.(L)
23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown(M) what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”(N)
24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.(O) 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(P) 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(Q) 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy[b] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”(R)
28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town,(S) and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. 30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.(T)
Footnotes
Cross references
- Luke 4:14 : Mt 4:12
- Luke 4:14 : S Mt 9:26
- Luke 4:15 : S Mt 4:23
- Luke 4:16 : S Mt 2:23
- Luke 4:16 : Mt 13:54
- Luke 4:16 : S 1Ti 4:13
- Luke 4:18 : S Jn 3:34
- Luke 4:18 : Mk 16:15
- Luke 4:19 : Lev 25:10; Isa 61:1, 2; Ps 102:20; 103:6; Isa 42:7; 49:8, 9; 58:6
- Luke 4:20 : ver 17; S Mt 26:55
- Luke 4:21 : S Mt 1:22
- Luke 4:22 : Mt 13:54, 55; Jn 6:42; 7:15
- Luke 4:23 : ver 16; S Mt 2:23
- Luke 4:23 : Mk 1:21-28; 2:1-12
- Luke 4:24 : Mt 13:57; Jn 4:44
- Luke 4:25 : 1Ki 17:1; 18:1; Jas 5:17, 18; Rev 11:6
- Luke 4:26 : 1Ki 17:8-16; S Mt 11:21
- Luke 4:27 : 2Ki 5:1-14
- Luke 4:29 : Nu 15:35; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12
- Luke 4:30 : Jn 8:59; 10:39
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ESV
Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 (A)And Jesus returned (B)in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and (C)a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And (D)he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 (E)And he came to (F)Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And (G)as was his custom, (H)he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up (I)to read. 17 And (J)the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 (K)“The Spirit of the Lord (L)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (M)proclaim good news to the poor.
(N)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (O)recovering of sight to the blind,
(P)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (Q)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (R)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (S)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (T)this Scripture (U)has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (V)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (W)“Is not this (X)Joseph's son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, (Y)‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did (Z)at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, (AA)no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when (AB)the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (AC)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And (AD)there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, (AE)but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and (AF)drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But (AG)passing through their midst, he went away.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Cross references
- Luke 4:14 : Matt. 4:12
- Luke 4:14 : ver. 1; [Acts 1:8]
- Luke 4:14 : ver. 37
- Luke 4:15 : See Matt. 4:23
- Luke 4:16 : For ver. 16-30, [Matt. 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6]
- Luke 4:16 : ch. 2:39, 51
- Luke 4:16 : [Acts 17:2]
- Luke 4:16 : ver. 31; See Mark 6:2
- Luke 4:16 : Acts 13:15, 27; 15:21
- Luke 4:17 : ch. 3:4; [Acts 8:28]
- Luke 4:18 : Cited from Isa. 61:1, 2
- Luke 4:18 : ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
- Luke 4:18 : Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]
- Luke 4:18 : Ps. 146:7, 8
- Luke 4:18 : [Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
- Luke 4:18 : Isa. 58:6
- Luke 4:19 : Lev. 25:10; [Isa. 49:8; 2 Cor. 6:2]
- Luke 4:20 : Matt. 26:55; [John 8:2]; [Matt. 5:1; 13:2]
- Luke 4:20 : Acts 3:4; [ch. 19:48]
- Luke 4:21 : Mark 12:10; Acts 8:35
- Luke 4:21 : See Matt. 1:22
- Luke 4:22 : Ps. 45:2
- Luke 4:22 : [Matt. 13:55; John 6:42]
- Luke 4:22 : ch. 3:23
- Luke 4:23 : [ch. 23:39; Matt. 27:42]
- Luke 4:23 : Matt. 11:23; Mark 2:1-12; John 4:46-53
- Luke 4:24 : See Matt. 13:57
- Luke 4:25 : 1 Kgs. 17:1; 18:1; James 5:17; [Rev. 11:6]
- Luke 4:26 : 1 Kgs. 17:9
- Luke 4:27 : [2 Kgs. 7:3]
- Luke 4:27 : 2 Kgs. 5:1-14
- Luke 4:29 : [Num. 15:35; Acts 7:58]
- Luke 4:30 : John 8:59; 10:39
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Jesus visited his hometown Nazareth. In the synagogue, he read Isaiah’s prophecy about the Messiah’s mission: He would proclaim the good news to the poor, freedom for the captives and sight to the blind; His coming would be the year of the Lord’s favor. Jesus fulfilled the prophecy. He is the Messiah. He frees us from sin and opens our spiritual eyes. He brings us God’s great favor.
The initial response of people in Nazareth was positive. But because of their familiarity with him, the poor carpenter’s son, they became hard- hearted to him. They could not believe that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. Jesus taught them that the Prophets Elijah and Elisha could not help the unbelieving Israelites but blessed only Gentiles who had faith in God. As the Israelites had tried to put their prophets to death, so did Jesus’ hometown people. Like the saying “Familiarity breeds contempt,” they saw Jesus humanly and rejected their Messiah. We are to live by faith in God like the widow of Sidon and Naaman the Syrian, not by human thinking.
Prayer: Lord, renew my heart and spirit and help me to proclaim the good news in the power of the Spirit.
One Word: The Lord’s favor comes through faith