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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: It is always a difficult thing for a young man to begin preaching in His own native town. A prophet is not without honour save in his own country, yet Jesus “came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.” Luk_4:16. And, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he came to Nazareth, where lie had been, brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered? into him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when, he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord, is upon me, because he hath...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, that is, unrolled the parchment containing Isaiah’s prophecy, — Luk_4:17. He found the place where it was written, You will find the passage in the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. There he stopped; it was all of the passage that...
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...
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.
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...
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.”
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...
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman; the Syrian. He, too, was a heathen from a distant country. Healing came unto him, but unto none of the lepers of Israel. God will do as he pleases with his own mercy and grace. The question that he asks is, “Is it not lawful for me to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Only the stranger and foreigner was cured of the disease of leprosy; another instance of divine sovereignty. Men do not like this doctrine of sovereignty; they are willing to have a god if he is not God; they do not mind...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, They did not mind hearing the first part of his teaching; but now that he exalts the sovereignty of God, and lays the sinner low, he speaks too plainly for them: “They were filled with wrath.”