Luke 4:11| Jesus
| For vv. 1-13, see notes in Matt. 4:1-11.
Luke 4:12a| Holy| Luke 4:14, 18
| See note 221 in ch. 3.
Luke 4:1b| Jordan| Matt. 3:13
Luke 4:13| by
| Or, in.
Luke 4:1c| Spirit| Ezek. 11:1;| Acts 8:39
Luke 4:1d| wilderness| vv. 1-13: Matt. 4:1-11;| Mark 1:12-13
Luke 4:41|
| Some MSS add, but on every word of God.
Luke 4:6a| authority| Rev. 13:2, 7
Luke 4:61| has
| This must have occurred in the preadamic age. The devil’s word here indicates that when God anointed the archangel to be the head of the preadamic age (Ezek. 28:13-14), the authority and glory of the kingdom of the earth must have been given to him. The Lord’s word in John 12:31 confirms this. After he rebelled against God and became God’s enemy, Satan, he was judged by God (Isa. 14:12-15), but the full execution of God’s judgment upon him will not be completed until the end of the millennium (Rev. 20:7-10). Hence, until that time he has authority over the kingdoms of the earth. He tempted the Lord Jesus by offering this authority and its glory to Him. His evil offer was rejected by God’s Christ, but it will be accepted by the Antichrist, the man of lawlessness (2|Thes. 2:3-4), at the end of this age (Rev. 13:4) for the executing of Satan’s evil strategy against God. Only by Christ, who lives in us, can we reject the evil tempter.
Luke 4:81|
| Some MSS add, Go away, behind Me, Satan.
Luke 4:8a| You| Deut. 6:13
Luke 4:82| serve
| Lit., serve as a priest.
Luke 4:91| wing
| See note 51 in Matt. 4.
Luke 4:10a| To| Psa. 91:11-12
Luke 4:12a| You| Deut. 6:16;| Isa. 7:12
Luke 4:121| test
| See note 72 in Matt. 4.
Luke 4:131| until
| Indicating that the devil would seek for another time and would come back to tempt Him again and again at any time he saw fit (Matt. 16:22-23; John 8:40; Luke 22:53; John 6:70-71).
Luke 4:141a| Spirit| Luke 4:1, 18
| See note 221 in ch. 3.
Luke 4:14b| Galilee| Matt. 4:12;| John 4:43;| Acts 10:37
Luke 4:142c| reports| Luke 4:37
| Or, the fame concerning Him went out.
Luke 4:151a| taught| Luke 4:31
| See note 212 in Mark 1. So in v. 31.
Luke 4:152b| synagogues| Matt. 4:23;| 9:35;| John 18:20
| See notes 211 in Mark 1 and 21 in James 2.
Luke 4:153| glorified
| I.e., praised, extolled.
Luke 4:16a| came| vv. 16-24: Matt. 13:54-58;| Mark 6:1-6
Luke 4:16b| Nazareth| Matt. 2:23;| Luke 2:39, 51
Luke 4:16c| custom| Acts 17:2
Luke 4:16d| Sabbath| Luke 4:31
Luke 4:16e| synagogue| Acts 13:14
Luke 4:16f| read| Acts 13:27;| 15:21
Luke 4:17a| Isaiah| Luke 3:4
Luke 4:18a| The| Isa. 61:1-2
Luke 4:181b| Spirit| Luke 4:1, 14;| Isa. 42:1
| See note 221 in ch. 3.
Luke 4:18c| anointed| Dan. 9:26;| cf. Lev. 8:12;| 1|Sam. 16:12-13
Luke 4:182d| announce| Luke 3:18;| 4:43
| See note 431. To announce the gospel was the first commission of the Savior as God’s anointed One, Messiah.
Luke 4:183e| poor| Matt. 11:5;| Luke 6:20
| Poor in heavenly, spiritual, and divine things (12:21; Rev. 3:17; cf. Matt. 5:3).
Luke 4:18f| release| Psa. 146:7-8;| Zech. 9:11-12;| Rom. 6:18, 22
Luke 4:184| captives
| Prisoners of war, exiles and prisoners under Satan’s bondage (Isa. 42:7).
Luke 4:185| recovery
| Recovery of sight is related to being released from the power of Satan (Acts 26:18).
Luke 4:186g| blind| Acts 26:18
| Those who are blind physically and spiritually (Zeph. 1:17; John 9:39-41; 1|John 2:11; Rev. 3:17).
Luke 4:187h| oppressed| Isa. 58:6
| From a verb meaning to break in pieces (Matt. 12:20). Here it denotes being oppressed under Satan in sickness or in sin (13:11-13; John 8:34).
Luke 4:191| acceptable
| The New Testament age, typified by the year of jubilee (Lev. 25:8-17). The New Testament age would be the time when God would accept the returned captives of sin (Isa. 49:8; 2|Cor. 6:2) and when those oppressed under the bondage of sin would enjoy the release of God’s salvation and keep the New Testament jubilee.
Luke 4:21a| fulfilled| Matt. 1:22
Luke 4:22a| marveled| Luke 4:32;| Matt. 7:28;| Mark 6:2
Luke 4:221| words
| Referring to the words in v. 21, and including the words of the gospel in vv. 18-19.
Luke 4:22b| grace| Psa. 45:2
Luke 4:222c| Joseph’s| Luke 3:23
| They knew the Savior according to His flesh (2|Cor. 5:16), not according to the Spirit (Rom. 1:4).
Luke 4:23a| yourself| Matt. 27:42;| Luke 23:39
Luke 4:23b| Capernaum| Luke 4:31;| Matt. 4:13;| 11:23
Luke 4:25a| Elijah| 1|Kings 17:1;| 18:1;| James 5:17
Luke 4:261a| Sarepta| 1|Kings 17:9
| The Old Testament name is Zarephath (1|Kings 17:9).
Luke 4:26b| Sidon| Matt. 15:21 and note
Luke 4:262| woman
| This was a case of feeding, signifying the Lord’s feeding of the hungry (John 6:33, 35). The case of Naaman in the next verse is a case of cleansing, signifying the Lord’s cleansing of sinners (1|Cor. 6:11). The Savior’s mentioning of these two cases implied that His gospel would turn to the Gentiles (Acts 13:45-48; see notes 211 and 221 in Matt. 15)—not because His standard of morality was unable to embrace the Jews but because of the Jews’ hardhearted rejection of Him.
Luke 4:27a| lepers| 2|Kings 7:3
Luke 4:27b| Naaman| 2|Kings 5:1-5
Luke 4:28a| anger| Luke 6:11;| John 7:23;| cf. Acts 7:54
Luke 4:29a| cast| Acts 7:58;| cf. Num. 15:35
Luke 4:301| passing
| Showing His steadiness under the threatening of His opposers.
Luke 4:30a| went| John 8:59;| 10:39
Luke 4:31a| came| vv. 31-37: Mark 1:21-28
Luke 4:31b| Capernaum| Luke 4:23;| 7:1;| Matt. 4:13;| Mark 1:21
Luke 4:31c| taught| Matt. 4:23;| Mark 6:2
Luke 4:31d| Sabbath| Luke 4:16
Luke 4:32a| astounded| Luke 4:22
Luke 4:321b| authority| Matt. 7:28-29;| Mark 1:22
| See note 221 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:331a| spirit| Luke 6:18
| See note 231 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:341| Ah
| An interjection expressing anger or dismay. The Greek word may be translated Let us alone.
Luke 4:342a| What| Matt. 8:29
| Lit., What to us and to You. A Hebrew idiom.
Luke 4:34b| Nazarene| Luke 4:16;| John 1:45
Luke 4:34c| know| Acts 19:15
Luke 4:34d| Holy| Psa. 16:10;| Luke 1:35
Luke 4:35a| quiet| Luke 4:41
Luke 4:361a| authority| Luke 4:32;| cf. Matt. 8:27
| See note 271 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:36b| power| Luke 6:19
Luke 4:371a| reports| Luke 4:14
| Or, a sound.
Luke 4:38a| entered| vv. 38-41: Matt. 8:14-17;| Mark 1:29-34
Luke 4:381| Simon’s
| In vv. 38-41; 5:12-14; and 7:1-10, the order in the narration of the incidents is according to morality; this differs from the order in Matt. 8:2-16 and Mark 1:29—2:1. See note 161, par. 2, in Matt. 8.
Luke 4:382| suffering
| Lit., constrained.
Luke 4:383| fever
| See notes 301 and 311 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:39a| rebuked| Luke 4:41;| 8:24;| 9:42
Luke 4:40a| laid| Mark 5:23;| 16:18
Luke 4:41a| crying| Mark 3:11-12;| Acts 16:17-18
Luke 4:41b| Son| Matt. 14:33
Luke 4:41c| not| Luke 4:35;| Mark 1:25
Luke 4:41d| Christ| Luke 2:11, 26
Luke 4:42a| day| Mark 1:35
Luke 4:42b| deserted| Luke 5:16
Luke 4:42c| sought| Mark 1:36, 37
Luke 4:431a| announce| Luke 2:10;| 3:18;| 8:1;| 16:16;| Matt. 4:23;| 24:14;| Acts 8:12
| The Greek word means to announce good news, to declare (bring) glad tidings, to preach (the gospel). Hence, to announce the gospel of the kingdom of God is to preach the kingdom of God as the gospel, the good news.
Luke 4:432| kingdom
| The kingdom of God is the Savior (see note 211 in ch. 17) as the seed of life sown into His believers, God’s chosen people (Mark 4:3, 26), and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life. The entrance into the kingdom is regeneration (John 3:5), and the development of the kingdom is the believers’ growth in the divine life (2|Pet. 1:3-11). The kingdom is the church life today, in which the faithful believers live (Rom. 14:17), and it will develop into the coming kingdom as a reward to be inherited (Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5) by the overcoming saints in the millennium (Rev. 20:4, 6). Eventually, it will consummate in the New Jerusalem as the eternal kingdom of God, an eternal realm of the eternal blessing of God’s eternal life, which all God’s redeemed will enjoy in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—Rev. 21:1-4; 22:1-5, 14 (see notes 151 in Mark 1, and 31, 32, 261, 263 in Mark 4). Such a kingdom, the kingdom of God, is what the Savior announced here as the gospel, the good news, to those who were alienated from the life of God (Eph. 4:18).
Luke 4:433| this
| See note 382 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:441| preached
| See note 142 in Mark 1.
Luke 4:44a| synagogues| Matt. 4:23;| Mark 1:39
Luke 4:442| Judea
| Some MSS read, Galilee; corresponding with Mark 1:39 and Matt. 4:23. Galilee was a part of the country of the Jews, which was commonly called Judea (see notes 171 in ch. 7 and 51 in ch. 23).