Luke 4:31-41: “The Early Ministry of Jesus Part 1 of 2”

The Gospel of Luke:

“The Son of Man Came To Seek And To Save The Lost”

Luke 4:31-41: “The Early Ministry of Jesus Part 1 of 2”

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

Luke 4:31-37:

[31]  And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, 

[32]  and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. 

[33]  And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

[34]  “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 

[35]  But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. 

[36]  And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 

[37]  And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region. 

Verse 31 & 32:

So, just a couple of Verses before this section, in Verses 29 & 30, Luke tells us what happens just before this. And that was that the people from Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth, after violently rejecting Him in the Temple, they grabbed ahold of Him, took Him outside, and dragged Him to the top of the hill so that they could throw Him off the cliff but He slipped away in all the confusion. And now in Verse 31 & 32, we see that right after that incident, He made His way to Capernaum, in Galilee to teach at a Synagogue there on the Sabbath.

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