“I must preach the good news”
Read Luke 4:42-44 . On the previous day Jesus had worked hard both during the day and at night. Now would have been a good time to rest,...
“He healed them”
Read Luke 4:38-41 . The casting out of the unclean spirit (4:33-35) was followed by the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law (38-39) and...
“All the people were amazed”
Read Luke 4:31-37 . The lakeside town of Capernaum was now the base for Jesus’s ministry in Galilee (31; Mt.4:13). Again we see that his...
“In his home town”
Read Luke 4:22-30 . This visit to Nazareth took place later in Jesus’s ministry (Mt.13:53-58; Mk.6:1-6) but Luke places it early as it...
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me”
Read Luke 4:14-21 . At Jesus’s baptism “the Holy Spirit descended on him” and then, “full of the Holy Spirit, he was led by the Spirit...
“Don’t test God”
Read Luke 4:9-13 . The third test (in Luke; the second in Matthew) also challenged the truth of Jesus’s Sonship. It would have been a...
“Worship God alone”
Read Luke 4:5-8 . The devil is also known as Satan (5; Job 1:6-12, Zech.3:1-2). The word means adversary or accuser. He is a real and...
“The testing of God’s Son”
Read Luke 4:1-4 . Immediately after his baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil (1; Mt.4:1;...
“The son of Adam, the son of God”
Read Luke 3:23-38 . Only Luke tells us how old Jesus was when he began his ministry (23). Thirty years was considered to be the age of...
“You are my beloved Son”
Read Luke 3:21-22 . The ministry of Jesus began with his baptism by John in Judea. It was not that Jesus himself needed “a baptism of...