Author : T.O.D. Johnston
Verses 24-27. To further prove that prophets of God had been similarly treated - He recounts the cases with Elija and Elisha - who not being accepted by their own people were consequently sent by God to people outside of Israel (pagans).Jesus refuses their demand for signs and wonders to prove His claims. They missed the whole point of the Salvation He was offering.Verse 28. These examples of Jesus' enrage the people in the synagogue.Verse 29. Nazareth is situated in the hollow between three peaks of a mountain. The Jews drove Jesus to one of them - with the purpose of pushing Him over.Verses 30,31. How Jesus actually did this, we are not told, but since it was not yet His time to lay down His life - He walked through them and went again to Capernaum to continue His ministry.Verse 32. His words are welcome and the hearers were surprised at the power and authority of His teaching. The scribes and rabbis usually spoke from the traditions, written by former scribes and rabbis - many detailed explanations and opinions.Jesus uniquely spoke Absolute Truth based on His divinity as the Son of God. Part of Jesus' unique preaching was His description of the utter misery of the human race, their complete spiritual blindness. This darkness of sin He had come to cure - to bring the light - the quote from Isaiah clearly shows this. He has come to bring deliverance to the poor, blind captives crushed by sin - through Himself.Verses 33-37. Demon Possession cured in Capernaum. It becomes apparent that the devil and his demons were completely aware of who Jesus was and that He had come to destroy the works of the devil. They on the other hand were going to try to fight - and hamper Him - to disturb whenever possible. Jesus had to show His authority over the evil spirits - that He had overcome the power of The Evil One. In the Gospels, several examples are recorded about the casting out of these destructive spirits.Verses 33,34. While Jesus is teaching at the synagogue, He was suddenly interrupted by a man crying out with a loud voice - possessed of "a spirit of an unclean demon." - shouting "Ah! What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth?" This is a cry of fear - that his destruction has come. He recognizes Jesus as the Holy One of God.Verse 35. Jesus doesn't argue, but immediately rebukes the demon and commands him to shut up and come out of the poor man. The demon threw the man down, but the man was not injured.The author taught from the Gospel of Luke at Paran Baptist Church on Highway 341 / Johnsonville Hwy in Lake City, South Carolina. This commentary is based on the notes he took in preparation for the lessons. He now enjoys spending his time with his family, and at his art studio on 118 Sauls St., Lake City, South Carolina. The above lesson was excerpted from his online Holy Bible Commentaries.
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