The solution will not be difficult, if we recollect, that the nature of Adam, while it was still innocent, and reflected the brightness of the divine image, -- was liable to temptations. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. he does not seem there to reflect so much upon the smallness and insignificancy of the town, as the looseness and depravity of its manners. God appointed Christ's fasting to seal the Gospel: and do those who apply it to a different purpose abate nothing from the dignity of the Gospel? What new doctrine is this? He will charge his angels concerning thee. It was sufficient for Christ, having withal so great a conflict with the devil, to do it but once. thrust him--with violence, as a prisoner in their hands. And going down with them, he stood in a plain, and a multitude of his disciples, and a very great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon. This is the power, or rather the majesty and authority, at which the people were astonished. They preferred the Law before the Prophets, and the Law and the Prophets above the Hagiographa, or holy writings: and yet they yielded that honour to the Prophets, that even they should not be read but standing up. [301] "Ut lapides hi panes fiant;" -- "Que ces pierres devienent pains. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. In a matter that is doubtful, and where ignorance brings no risk, I choose rather to suspend my judgment, than to furnish contentious people with an occasion of debate. 16. 6. [And there was delivered unto him the book of Esaias.] Read Luke 4 commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. And we need not wonder, if their heavenly Master chose to train and accustom them gradually to so arduous an employment: for, even by a long course of instruction, their ignorance could not be corrected. And when Jesus had risen out of the synagogue, he entered into Simon's house. Is not this the son of Joseph? Though the promise, he will charge his angels concerning thee, (Psalm 91:11,) relates to all believers, yet it belongs peculiarly to Christ, who is the Head of the whole Church, possesses authority over angels, and commits to them the charge of us. Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff, Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. So the Gloss hath it; "A quintane; that is, a book of the law, in which there is only one quintane.". But as that redemption was to be proclaimed in the name and authority of Christ alone, he uses the singular number, and speaks in the name of Christ, that he may more powerfully awaken the minds of the godly to strong confidence. Bible > Bible Commentary; Wesley’s Explanatory Notes; Luke; Luke 4; John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes << Luke 3 | Luke 4 | Luke 5 >> (Read all of Luke 4) Verse 4 [4] And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. The first was, that, after a fast of forty days, he might come forth as a new man, or rather a heavenly man, to the discharge of his office. And certainly our Lord prayed, not so much on his own account, as to lay down a rule for us. 'Hearken, O ye house of Israel, why have you not given those four-and-twenty portions to the priests which I have commanded you in the law?' He quotes a passage from the law, that God alone is to be adored and worshipped, (Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20.) And trembling came upon all, and they talked among themselves, saying, What speech is this? A most important principle, to which the wise will pay due regard. And James th son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James: and he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder. Because we read of the like thing done to Philip, Acts 8:39,40. Luke 4:33. The word has been corrupted: for the full pronunciation would be vny rgs, (Benae-regesh;) [356] but the changes which words undergo in passing into other languages are well known. The eyes of all who were in the synagogue God touched their hearts, I doubt not, with astonishment, which made them more attentive, and induced them to listen to Christ, while he was speaking.
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