LUKE CHAPTER 4

OBSERVATION STAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Luke. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.

Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

The last section of the previous chapter portrayed John the Baptist's baptism of Jesus and His reception of the Holy Spirit:

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(3:21-22) ON A PARTICULAR DAY, WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, JESUS WAS THEN BAPTIZED BY JOHN, SYMBOLIZING HIS IDENTIFICATION WITH HIS MISSION TO PROVIDE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD FOR MANKIND'S REDEMPTION THROUGH FAITH IN HIM TO PROVIDE IT THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE FOR THE REMISSION OF THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. AND WHILE JESUS PRAYED, HEAVEN WAS OPENED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED UPON HIM IN BODILY FORM LIKE A DOVE. A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN WHICH SAID, "YOU ARE MY BELOVED SON; IN YOU I AM WELL PLEASED"

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I) [Lk 4:1-13]:

A) (LK 4:1-4) JESUS, BEING FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DIRECT HIM IN HIS MISSION, RETURNED FROM THE JORDAN REGION AND WAS LED AROUND BY THE SPIRIT IN THE WILDERNESS. FOR FORTY DAYS HE FASTED AND WAS CONTINUALLY TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. AFTERWARD, WHEN HE HUNGERED, THE DEVIL CONTINUED TO TEMPT JESUS BY TELLING HIM THAT IF (SINCE) HE WAS THE SON OF GOD THAT HE SHOULD MAKE A PARTICULAR STONE INTO BREAD SO THAT HE COULD SATISFY HIS HUNGER. HE WAS CONTINUALLY TEMPTED TO OPERATE OUTSIDE THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER. ANY DEVIANCE FROM THE FATHER'S WILL WOULD DISQUALIFY JESUS FROM COMPLETING HIS MISSION WHICH INCLUDED BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT UPON SIN AND THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL IMPLIED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS "SON OF GOD;" BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS THE ABSOLUTELY SOVEREIGN SON OF GOD WHO COULD NOT SIN, WHO WAS DIETY. JESUS ANSWERED FROM SCRIPTURE, SETTING A PRECEDENT ON HOW TO COMBAT THE DEVIL AND TEMPTATION: RESPOND FROM SCRIPTURE: "IT [HAS] BEEN WRITTEN, THAT, NOT ON BREAD ONLY SHALL MAN LIVE, BUT ON EVERY SAYING OF GOD." NOTE THAT JESUS' HUMANITY IS IN VIEW, NOT HIS DIETY IN THIS TEMPTATION SCENARIO

1) [Dt 8:1-4]:

B) (LK 4:5-8) IN THE SECOND TEMPTATION WHICH AUTHOR LUKE SELECTED TO REPORT ON, THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO A HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD. THE DEVIL OFFERED THE AUTHORITY AND GLORY OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD TO JESUS IF HE WOULD FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM, FALSELY IMPLYING THAT THE DEVIL HAD ABSOLUTE RULERSHIP OVER THE WORLD, CLAIMING UNLIMITED POWER TO GIVE THOSE KINGDOMS TO WHOMEVER HE CHOSE. BUT GOD, WHO IS SOVEREIGN, HAD PROMISED THOSE KINGDOMS TO HIS SON. JESUS RESPONDED, "GET BEHIND ME, SATAN! FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE.' "

1) [Compare Dt 6:13-15]:

C) (LK 4:9-13) THE TEMPTATION THAT AUTHOR LUKE WROTE ABOUT NEXT WAS WHEN THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO JERUSALEM, SET HIM ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID, "IF THE SON YOU ARE OF GOD, CAST YOURSELF DOWN," [FALSELY IMPLYING THAT JESUS COULD VIOLATE THE WILL OF GOD], FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU, TO KEEP YOU,' AND 'IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR YOU UP, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' "JESUS ANSWERED THE DEVIL: "IT HAS BEEN SAID, 'YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD,' " IMPLYING THAT THE DEVIL HAD TWISTED SCRIPTURE IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY TEMPTING JESUS TO GO AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD AND SIN. WHEN THE DEVIL HAD ENDED EVERY TEMPTATION, HE DEPARTED FROM JESUS UNTIL AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO RESUME HIS EVIL WORK

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[Compare Ps 91:1-16]:

(Ps 91:1-16) HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH ABIDES IN THE PROTECTIVE SHADOW OF ALMIGHTY GOD - THE LORD IS HIS REFUGE AND FORTRESS. FOR IT IS GOD IN WHOM HE CONTINUES TO TRUST; HENCE IT IS THE LORD WHO CONTINUES TO DELIVER HIM FROM EVER PRESENT DIFFICULTIES. GOD IS HIS PROTECTOR, HE SHIELDS HIM WITH HIS TRUTH SO THAT HE IS NOT AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT BEFALL HIM. HE SEES THE EVIL AND PLAGUES AND THE RECOMPENSE THAT THE WICKED RECEIVE ALL AROUND HIM; BUT SUCH DOES NOT BEFALL HIM. THE LORD GIVES CHARGE TO HIS MESSENGERS - HIS ANGELS - OVER THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO TRUST IN HIM. THEY PROTECT AND KEEP HIM IN ALL HIS WAYS. GOD TELLS HIM, 'BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON ME, THEREFORE I DELIVER HIM. I SET HIM ON HIGH, BECAUSE HE HAS KNOWN MY NAME. HE CALLS UPON ME AND I ANSWER HIM - FOR I AM WITH HIM IN DISTRESS. I DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM WITH LONG LIFE. I SATISFY HIM AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION.'

[Compare Ps 11:7a]:

[Compare Ps 14:1-3]:

[Compare Ps 91:1-2]:

[Compare Ps 4:1a]:

[Compare Ps 32:1-2]:

[Compare Ps 91:14-16]:

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C cont.) (LK 4:9-13 cont.) THE TEMPTATION THAT AUTHOR LUKE WROTE ABOUT NEXT WAS WHEN THE DEVIL TOOK JESUS TO JERUSALEM, SET HIM ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID, "IF THE SON YOU ARE OF GOD, CAST YOURSELF DOWN," [FALSELY IMPLYING THAT JESUS COULD VIOLATE THE WILL OF GOD], FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU, TO KEEP YOU,' AND 'IN THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR YOU UP, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' "JESUS ANSWERED THE DEVIL: "IT HAS BEEN SAID, 'YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD,' " IMPLYING THAT THE DEVIL HAD TWISTED SCRIPTURE IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY TEMPTING JESUS TO GO AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD AND SIN. WHEN THE DEVIL HAD ENDED EVERY TEMPTATION, HE DEPARTED FROM JESUS UNTIL AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO RESUME HIS EVIL WORK, (cont.)

1) [Compare Dt 16:6]:

II) [Lk 4:14-30]:

A) (LUKE 4:14-21) AFTER THE DEVIL HAD ENDED TEMPTING HIM, JESUS TURNED BACK, IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, TO GALILEE. HIS TEACHING AND MIRACLES BROUGHT HIM FAME AND GLORY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AND JESUS CAME TO NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP. HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE AND ACCORDING TO HIS CUSTOM STOOD UP TO READ FROM SCRIPTURE, (ISAIAH 61:1-2A): "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE DID ANOINT ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKEN OF HEART, TO PROCLAIM TO CAPTIVES DELIVERANCE (IN THE SENSE OF REMISSION OF THEIR SINS) AND TO THE BLIND THE RECEIVING OF SIGHT; TO PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." WITH ALL EYES UPON HIM AWAITING HIS COMMENTARY, JESUS DECLARED, "TO DAY HAS THIS WRITING BEEN FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS."

A cont.) (LUKE 4:14-21 cont.) AFTER THE DEVIL HAD ENDED TEMPTING HIM, JESUS TURNED BACK, IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, TO GALILEE. HIS TEACHING AND MIRACLES BROUGHT HIM FAME AND GLORY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AND JESUS CAME TO NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP. HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE AND ACCORDING TO HIS CUSTOM STOOD UP TO READ FROM SCRIPTURE, (ISAIAH 61:1-2A): "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE DID ANOINT ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKEN OF HEART, TO PROCLAIM TO CAPTIVES DELIVERANCE (IN THE SENSE OF REMISSION OF THEIR SINS) AND TO THE BLIND THE RECEIVING OF SIGHT; TO PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." WITH ALL EYES UPON HIM AWAITING HIS COMMENTARY, JESUS DECLARED, "TO DAY HAS THIS WRITING BEEN FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS," (cont.)

1) [Compare Isa 61:1-2 Septuagint]:

2) [Compare Isa 61:1-2 from the NKJV which is translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text]:

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(ISA 61:1-2) ISAIAH DECLARED, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS SENT ME (1) TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO THE POOR," [IN THE SENSE OF PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD THROUGH AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR SINS VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH IN A COMING MESSIAH / SAVIOR], (2) TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD HEALING ONES SPIRITUAL BROKENNESS DUE TO SIN FOR THOSE THAT BELIEVE], (3) TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD PROCLAIMING FREEDOM FOR THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED ETERNAL LIFE FROM THE CONDEMNATION OF ONES SINS], (4) TO PROCLAIM AND PERFORM MIRACLES BY THE ONE PROCLAIMING - BEGINNING WITH RESTORING SIGHT TO THE BLIND], (5) TO DECLARE THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD [IN THE SENSE OF THAT TIME IN WHICH THE LORD DECREED TO FULFILL HIS PLAN OF ETERNAL SALVATION], AND THE DAY OF RECOMPENSE, [I.E., THE JUDGMENT OF OUR GOD UPON ALL UNBELIEVERS] AND TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD COMFORTING THOSE WHO HAVE MOURNED THEIR SINFULNESS - THEIR LACK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, IMPLYING THAT THEY HAVE BECOME BELIEVERS]:

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THE HOLY ONE OF GOD:

(ISA 49:1-3) THE LORD'S SERVANT TO ALL MANKIND DECLARED HIMSELF TO MANKIND THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH. HE WAS BORN OF A WOMAN, CALLED BY THE LORD FROM THE WOMB, EQUIPPED TO PRONOUNCE JUDGMENT UPON ALL MANKIND, PROTECTED AND HIDDEN BY THE LORD UNTIL HIS TIME, NAMED "ISRAEL" - AN INDIVIDUAL NOT A GROUP OF ISRAELITES - IN WHOM THE LORD WILL MANIFEST HIS GLORY

(ISA 49:4-5) THE LORD'S SERVANT DECLARED HIS LABOR IN VAIN, HIS STRENGTH SPENT; YET HE DECLARED THAT HIS REWARD WAS WITH THE LORD, HIS WORK WITH "MY GOD." THE SERVANT THEN DECLARED THAT THE LORD WHO FORMED HIM FROM THE WOMB - CONFIRMING HIS HUMANITY - TO BE THE LORD'S SERVANT TO BRING THE TRIBES OF JACOB (ISRAEL) BACK TO HIM. THE SERVANT OF THE LORD - AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON CHOSEN BY THE LORD "SHALL BE GLORIFIED IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AND MY GOD SHALL HAVE BEEN MY STRENGTH"

(ISA 49:6-7) THE LORD DECLARED THAT NOT ONLY WAS HIS SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB - TO RESTORE ISRAEL - BUT THE SERVANT WAS TO BE A REVELATION TO ALL MANKIND OF THE LORD AND OF HIS SALVATION. THE LORD, THE REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, HAD SAID TO HIS SERVANT - TO THE ABHORRED ONE OF THE GENTILES, TO THE SERVANT OF THE RULERS OF THE WORLD: "KINGS WILL SEE, AND PRINCES WILL RISE UP TO BOW DOWN TO THE SERVANT BECAUSE OF THE LORD GOD WHO IS FAITHFUL. ISAIAH WROTE TO THE SERVANT, "THE LORD CHOSE YOU" TO RESTORE ISRAEL AND PROVIDE ETERNAL SALVATION TO ALL MANKIND

(ISA 49:8) IN THE TIME DECREED BY THE LORD FOR EFFECTING HIS ETERNAL PLAN OF THE REGATHERING OF ISRAEL TO HIMSELF, THE RESTORATION OF THE EARTH AND THE PROVISION OF SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FOR ALL MANKIND; THE LORD DECLARED TO HIS CHOSEN SERVANT THAT HE WILL HAVE ANSWERED HIM, HELPED HIM, PRESERVED HIM AND GIVEN HIM AS A COVENANT TO ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE TO RESTORE THE EARTH FOREVER - ESPECIALLY ISRAEL'S PROMISED LAND INHERITANCE

(ISA 49:9-13) THE LORD'S CHOSEN SERVANT WILL COMMAND ALL ISRAELITES TO RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY TO THE PROMISED LAND AS WELL AS ALL MANKIND FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO GO BEFORE HIM - TO EXPERIENCE UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY. NO ONE WILL EVER SUFFER HUNGER, THIRST, SCORCHING WINDS, OR HEAT OF THE SUN - AN ETERNALLY BENEFICENT WORLDWIDE CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY IS IN VIEW. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL COME TO RECEIVE BLESSINGS FROM AND THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. THE LORD DECLARES FOR THE HEAVENS TO SING, THE EARTH TO BE JOYFUL, THE MOUNTAINS TO SING BECAUSE HE WILL HAVE HAD MERCY ON HIS AFFLICTED - REFERRING TO ISRAEL. THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF GOD IS IN VIEW!

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(ISA 61:1-2 cont) ISAIAH DECLARED, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS SENT ME (1) TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO THE POOR," [IN THE SENSE OF PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD THROUGH AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR SINS VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH IN A COMING MESSIAH / SAVIOR], (2) TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD HEALING ONES SPIRITUAL BROKENNESS DUE TO SIN FOR THOSE THAT BELIEVE], (3) TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD PROCLAIMING FREEDOM FOR THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED ETERNAL LIFE FROM THE CONDEMNATION OF ONES SINS], (4) TO PROCLAIM AND PERFORM MIRACLES BY THE ONE PROCLAIMING - BEGINNING WITH RESTORING SIGHT TO THE BLIND], (5) TO DECLARE THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD [IN THE SENSE OF THAT TIME IN WHICH THE LORD DECREED TO FULFILL HIS PLAN OF ETERNAL SALVATION], AND THE DAY OF RECOMPENSE, [I.E., THE JUDGMENT OF OUR GOD UPON ALL UNBELIEVERS] AND TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN [IN THE SENSE OF THE LORD COMFORTING THOSE WHO HAVE MOURNED THEIR SINFULNESS - THEIR LACK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, IMPLYING THAT THEY HAVE BECOME BELIEVERS] (cont.)

1) [Compare Isa 62:1-63:6 with an excerpt from Isa chapter 40]:

(ISA 61:3-11) ISAIAH 61:3-11 GO ON TO DESCRIBE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HERETOFORE HAVE NEVER OCCURRED AS STIPULATED - THEY ARE YET FUTURE. THE PASSAGE ELABORATES UPON THE ETERNAL BLESSINGS WHICH WILL REPLACE THE TEMPORAL CURSINGS UPON INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY ISRAELITES, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF AND THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF GOD, IMPLYING THEIR POSSESSION OF ETERNAL LIFE THEMSELVES. IN VIEW ARE THOSE WHO ARE ISRAELITES WHO HAVE BEEN ADORNED WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION - HAVING BEEN COVERED WITH THE GIFT OF THE ROBE OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WILL BE INDICATIVE OF THEIR GODLY RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER GIVEN TO THEM INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE WORTHY BY GOD THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN THE MESSIAH / SAVIOR UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF GOD

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II cont.) [Lk 4:14-30 cont.]:

A cont.) (LUKE 4:14-21 cont.) AFTER THE DEVIL HAD ENDED TEMPTING HIM, JESUS TURNED BACK, IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, TO GALILEE. HIS TEACHING AND MIRACLES BROUGHT HIM FAME AND GLORY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHEREUPON HE CAME TO NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP. HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE AND ACCORDING TO HIS CUSTOM STOOD UP TO READ FROM SCRIPTURE, (ISAIAH 61:1-2A): "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE DID ANOINT ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKEN OF HEART, TO PROCLAIM TO CAPTIVES DELIVERANCE (IN THE SENSE OF REMISSION OF THEIR SINS) AND TO THE BLIND THE RECEIVING OF SIGHT; TO PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." WITH ALL EYES UPON HIM AWAITING HIS COMMENTARY, JESUS DECLARED, "TO DAY HAS THIS WRITING BEEN FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS, (cont.)"

B) (LK 4:22-30) AND ALL WERE BEARING TESTIMONY TO HIM, AND WERE MARVELING AT THE GRACIOUS WORDS THAT WERE COMING FORTH OUT OF HIS MOUTH, AND THEY SAID, 'IS NOT THIS THE SON OF JOSEPH?' AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'CERTAINLY, YOU WILL SAY TO ME THIS PARABLE, PHYSICIAN, HEAL YOURSELF; AS GREAT THINGS AS WE HEARD DONE IN CAPERNAUM, DO ALSO HERE IN YOUR COUNTRY' AND HE SAID, 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU - NO PROPHET IS ACCEPTED IN HIS OWN COUNTRY' BUT I TELL YOU TRULY, MANY WIDOWS WERE IN ISRAEL IN THE DAYS OF ELIJAH, WHEN THE HEAVEN WAS SHUT UP THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS, AND THERE WAS A GREAT FAMINE THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND; AND UNTO NONE OF THEM WAS ELIJAH SENT, BUT - TO SAREPTA OF SIDON, UNTO A WOMAN, A WIDOW; AND MANY LEPERS WERE IN ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF ELISHA THE PROPHET, AND NONE OF THEM WAS CLEANSED EXCEPT NAAMAN THE SYRIAN. SO ALL THOSE IN THE SYNAGOGUE, WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, WERE FILLED WITH WRATH, AND THEY GOT UP AND DROVE HIM OUT OF THE CITY, AND LED HIM TO THE BROW OF THE HILL ON WHICH THEIR CITY HAD BEEN BUILT, IN ORDER TO THROW HIM DOWN THE CLIFF AND HE, HAVING GONE THROUGH THE MIDST OF THEM, WENT AWAY

III) [Lk 4:31-44]:

A) (Lk 4:31-44) JESUS CAME DOWN TO CAPERNAUM, A CITY OF GALILEE. HE WAS TEACHING THE PEOPLE ON THE SABBATHS THERE. THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS TEACHING, FOR HE SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY. ONE TIME IN THE SYNAGOGUE THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD A DEMON, WHO CRIED OUT THROUGH THE MAN, "AWAY, WHAT TO US AND TO YOU JESUS O NAZARENE? DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US; I HAVE KNOWN YOU WHO YOU ARE - THE HOLY ONE OF GOD" - A DECLARATION OF WHO JESUS WAS - THE MESSIAH, THE CHOSEN ONE OF GOD. JESUS ESTABLISHED THAT HE INDEED WAS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD BY DEMONSTRATING HIS AUTHORITY OVER THE DEMON BY REBUKING HIM TO BE QUIET AND COMMANDING HIM COME OUT OF THE MAN. AND THE DEMON OBEYED. THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED AT HIS AUTHORITY AND POWER. THE REPORT ABOUT HIM SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. JESUS LEFT THE SYNAGOGUE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF SIMON, WHEREUPON HE HEALED SIMON'S MOTHER IN LAW OF A FEVER. WHILE THE SUN WAS SETTING MANY CAME TO THE HOUSE WITH ILLNESES / DEMONS AND HE HEALED THEM ALL. HE CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATED HIS AUTHORITY AND WHO HE WAS - THE SON OF GOD, THE CHRIST AS TESTIFIED TO BY THE DEMONS, WHOM HE COMMANDED TO COME OUT OF THOSE THEY POSSESSED. THE DAY HAVING GONE, JESUS WENT OUT TO A DESERT - A SOLITARY PLACE BUT THE MULTITIDUDES CAME AFTER HIM, DETAINING HIM SO THAT HE COULD NOT GO AWAY FROM THEM. BUT HE SAID TO THEM, "I MUST PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE OTHER TOWNS ALSO, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SENT FOR THIS PURPOSE." AND SO HE WAS PREACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUES OF GALILEE

1) [Compare Lk 4:14-15]:

CHART #2
Matthew	Mark	Luke
After Matthew's account of the healing of the Centurion's servant, (Mt 8:5-13; Lk 7:1-10 - which Luke did not place in chronological order ), author Matthew then writes of Jesus' healing of Peter's mother-in-Law. Matthew's account of the healing of Peter's mother-in-Law is not strictly stipulated as the next chronological event. It begins with "kai elthOn ho IEsous eis tEn oikian Petrou," lit., and having come [the] Jesus into the house of Peter" which allows for the passage of time and events from the healing of the Centurion's servant to the healing of Peter's mother-in-Law. Hence it is not strictly chronological. So Matthew's account allows for events and time between the healing of the Centurion's servant and the healing of Simon's Mother-in-Law	Mark 1:16-20 is Mark's account of Jesus' calling of the first disciples to immediately follow Him. Verse 21 continues this account in a chronological format with the disciples and Jesus going into Capernaum and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagagogue there and was teaching. Then - allowing for time and events in between - on one Sabbath, Jesus cast out demons from a man. Mark then declares Jesus' fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee. The next verse, (Mk 1:29), begins with, "kai eutheOs ek tEs sunagOgEs elthOn eis tEn oikian SimOnos," lit., "And immediately out of the synagogue having gone forth they came into the house of Simon," - a clear chronological statement. So Mark's account corroborates the chronological order of Luke	Luke's account of Jesus's rejection in Nazareth, (Lk 4:16-30), is followed by "kai katElthen eis Kapernaoum" lit., and He went down into Capernaum." The conjunction "and" allows for time and events in between - hence a strict chronological format is not in view. The verb "went down," is not significant since Capernaum is by the Sea of Galilee, and most journeys to there from the region of Galilee would be down to sea level. Hence Jesus' leaving Nazareth cannot be imposed upon this verse, as some contend in order to create a conflict with Matthew. In Capernaum verse 31 indicates that Jesus was teaching on the Sabbaths. And on one Sabbath - allowing for time and events, Jesus cast out demons from a man, (Lk 4:31-37). The next verse is chronolocical. beginning with "anastas de ek tEs sunagOgEs eisElthen eis tEn oikian SimOnos," lit., having risen up and out of the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon. So Luke's account corroborates the chronological order of Mark
Simon's Mother-in-Law Healed	Simon's Mother-in-Law Healed	Simon's Mother-in-Law Healed
Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee	Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee	Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee