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To peach the acceptable year of the Lord - The time when God is willing to accept of people, or to receive sinners coming to him. The gospel assu...
Jesus in Nazareth ( Mark 1:14 f.*, Matthew 4:12-17 *, Mark 6:1-6 *, Matthew 13:53-58 *). Lk. brings Jesus to Galilee, but, anxious to make t...
the acceptable year . the welcome year. Either the Jubilee year ( Leviticus 26:8-17 ), or on account of the Lord's ministry commencing then.
19. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord Many think that here the prophet makes an allusion to the Jubilee, and I have no objection to...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
When he had opened the book, &c.— Αναπτυξας το βιβλιου, unrolling the volume. The sacred books were written anciently on skins of parchment,...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. To preach the acceptable [or 'accepted' to ( G3588 ) dekton ( G1184 )], year of the Lo...
The Temptation. Nazareth. Capernaum 1-13. The Temptation ( Matthew 4:1 ; Mark 1:12 ). See on Mt.
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...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord ] In Isaiah this is the year of the return, but Jesus applies it to His earthly ministry. It is not to be...
The acceptable year of the Lord. — The primary reference was to the year of Jubilee, when land that had been mortgaged returned to its owner, and d...
Chapter 8 THE GOSPEL OF THE JUBILEE. IMMEDIATELY after the Temptation Jesus returned "in the power of the Spirit," and with all the added strengt...
“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:...
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 l...
(14) And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. (15) And he tau...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. The time which he willed and fixed for the redemption of his people, and in which he showed his goodwill...
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Ver. 19. The acceptable year of the Lord ] A joyful jubilee. Let us not stand out the time, lest we be...
There was delivered to him the book of Esaias A paragraph of the law having, according to custom, been read before. See on Acts 13:15 . When he h...
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...
Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus re...
Jesus Reveals Himself As The Spirit Anointed Prophet of Isaiah (4:16-21). In this next passage Jesus reveals that the fulfilment of the prophecy o...
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,...
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...
acceptable A comparison with the passage quoted, ( Isaiah 61:1 ); ( Isaiah 61:2 ) affords an instance of the exquisite accuracy of Scripture....
Luke 4:18-19 Missionary Work. I. If missionary enterprise were nothing more than one of the most remarkable characteristics of our time, it would...
Luke 4:19-21 Jesus read the prophets' testimony regarding God's goodness, and then closed the book, hiding the severity under the parchment folds....
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», ho...
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...
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 ser...
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 t...
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor The acceptable year of the Lord Every Christian...
EXPOSITION Luke 4:1-42 THE TEMPTATION . The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his t...
The visit to Nazareth:
to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. In the course of the Galilean travels Jesus came to Nazareth. This little town in the hills of Galilee,...
2 Corinthians 6:1 ; Isaiah 61:2 ; Isaiah 63:4 ; Leviticus 25:50-54 ; Leviticus 25:8-13 ; Luke 19:42 ; Numbers 36:4
Christ, the Lover of Men Luke 4:14-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The endeavor in this study will be to seek the heart of the Saviour, discovering His...
The acceptable year — Plainly alluding to the year of jubilee, when all, both debtors and servants, were set free.
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.