Jesus Begins his Ministry

In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds! Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.

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Luke 4:14–30 ESV

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘ “Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’ ” And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, he went away.

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Pre-Amble

Many link to occasion in Matthew 13:53-58 & Mark 6:1-6

Determine the meaning in Luke based on Matthew & Mark’s account

Luke’s account is however different

Luke 4:14–15 ESV

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Power of the Spirit

Taught in synagogues

Lively

authoritative

well-organised

practical

interesting

true

Glorified by all

Report about him went tout through all the surrounding country

Jesus enters the synagogue

Luke 4:16 ESV

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

Nazareth, where he had been brought up

His Custom

Went to the synagogue on the Sabbeth and stood to read

Jesus Reads the Scripture

Luke 4:17–19 ESV

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Normal Service in Synaogue

Thanksgiving or Blessing Spoken

“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might”

Prayer, with response of Amen (let it be so) by the congregation

Reading of a Passage from the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)

Jews call it the Torah

Read in Hebrew & Aramaic

Reading of a Passage from the Prophets

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Benediction, followed by Amen from congregation

Isaiah 61

Spirit of the Lord is upon me

Anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

recovering of sight to the blin

liberty to those who are oppressed

proclaim the yeart of the Lord’s Favour

Luke 4:20 ESV

And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

Transfixed on Jesus awaiting what he would say

Luke 4:21 ESV

And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Jesus’ claim to be fulfilling the prophescy

Luke 4:22 ESV

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”

marvelled - contemplated

gracious words - favourable words

Luke 4:23 ESV

And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘ “Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’ ”

Physician (saviour of life) serve/save yourself

What we heard of your genesis at Capernaum

“do here” - God’s Divine act of dealing with man

Luke 4:24 ESV

And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

so many potential elders & deacons, who grow up in the church, deemed unqualified

Luke 4:25–26 ESV

But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

Jesus equates his work with Elijah

Luke 4:27 ESV

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

Jesus equates his work with Elisha

Luke 4:28 ESV

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

Wrath against a false prophet

Luke 4:29 ESV

And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

Luke 4:30 ESV

But passing through their midst, he went away.

Jesus’ authority and majesty

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Closing Prayer

Doxology

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