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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he closed the book,.... "Or rolled it up"; and so the high priest did, after he read in the book of the law, on the day of atonement, all that was necessary to be read, גולל ספר תורה, "he rolled the book of the law", and put it in his bosom (f): and he gave it again to the minister; the Chazan (g), who was the minister, or servant of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. In those days, the preacher sat down, and those who listened stood up, I daresay that practice tended to keep the hearers awake, and it was all the easier for the speaker. Well might the Saviour sit down, weighted as he was with a burden of holy instruction that he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he closed the book, Rolled up the sacred writing, — Luk_4:20. And he gave it again, to the minister, and sat down. Their practice was to sit down to speak, while the people usually stood to hear; a very good custom, indeed. If we did the same, perhaps we. should have fewer of our hearers going to sleep.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the eyes of all them that were in, the synagogue were fastened on, him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. That is the way to preach; bring home the Scripture to the present time, show its application to every-day life, especially point out its connection with Christ, and prove how it is fulfilled...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he began to say unto them,.... To preach from those words; the explanation of which he gave, though not here recorded, and applied them to himself, to whom they belonged, saying: this day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears; which is as if he should say, I am the person here spoken of; and at this present time the Spirit of God is upon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. He thus declared that he was the anointed Messiah.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all bare him witness,.... That he was right in applying the words to the Messiah; but not that he himself was the Messiah, and that he was right in applying them to himself; for they did not believe in him, as appears from what follows and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; not so much at the matter, the sum, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious word which proceeded out of his mouth. They did not at first cavil at or deny what Jesus said; his doctrine was pleasing and comforting; and they were ready to accept it. Luk_4:22. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? Now they began to question: “Is not this the son of the carpenter?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his month. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? There! Did it matter whose son Jesus was? Yet, in order to abate the force and even the blessedness of divine truth, men turn their thoughts to the Speaker rather than to what he says. How foolish!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them, ye will surely say unto me this proverb,.... Or "parable"; for any pithy sentence, or proverbial expression, was, by the Jews, called a parable: physician heal thyself; and which was a proverb in use with the Jews; and which is sometimes expressed thus, זיל אסי נפשך, "go heal thyself" (m); and sometimes in this form, אסיא...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me the proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. “You have been doing great things over yonder at Capernaum, do the same at Nazareth. You should not leave your own native town without working miracles here.” Now there was an opportunity...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said? into them, Ye quill surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. “Begin at home, work miracles here. You are the Son of the carpenter who lives here; now, do some wonderful work among us.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, verily I say unto you,.... Another proverb in use among them, the meaning of which was well known to them, and was very appropriate to the present case: no prophet is accepted in his own country; [See comments on Matthew 13:57]
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the day, of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; Many husbands died, and many widows in Israel were left desolate in those terrible days of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I tell you of a truth,.... Or in truth: it answers to באמת, a phrase often used by the Jewish writers (o); and, which, they say (p), wherever, and of whatsoever it is spoken, it signifies a tradition of Moses from Mount Sinai, and so that which is most true, sure, and firm, and to be depended on; and such is what our Lord hereafter delivers;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But unto none of them was Elias sent,.... That is, to none of the poor widows in the land of Israel was the prophet sent, to supply them with food, and relieve them in their famishing circumstances, as might most reasonably have been expected: save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon; which in 1 Kings 17:10 is called "Zarephath"; and by the Septuagint...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. This was as much as to say, “It is not because I lived here that I shall work miracles in this place. There were many widows round about Elijah, but he was not sent to one of them, he was sent to a widow in Sarepta, a city of Sidon, a heathen...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 the time of Eliseus the prophet; that is, the prophet Elisha; who, by the Septuagint, in 1 Kings 19:16 and, in other places, is called "Elisaie": and...