Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Luke 4

Luk 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Holy Ghost

Holy Spirit (N.T.). Mat 4:1, 14, 18; Luk 11:13. (Mat 1:18; Act 2:4.)

Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

tempted

See Scofield Matthew 4:1, note.

Luk 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

command this stone that it be made bread

Luk 9:12-17.

Luk 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

God

Jehovah. Deu 8:3.

Luk 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

world

oikoumene = inhabited earth. (Luk 2:1).

Luk 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

that is delivered unto me

Jhn 12:31; 14:30; 2Co 4:4.

Luk 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Satan

Satan, Luk 8:12. (Gen 3:1; Rev 20:10.)

Lord thy God

Jehovah. Deu 6:13.

him only shalt thou serve

Deu 6:13; 10:20.

Luk 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

angels

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

charge over thee

Psa 91:11-12

to keep thee

After Satan's failure to tempt the Lord away from the Word, he seeks to tempt Him by it. He however misquotes by the omission of "in all thy ways" (Psa 91:11). The Lord's "ways" were those marked out for Him in perfect dependence upon His Father's will; cf. Heb 10:7, 9.

Luk 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Thou shalt not tempt

Deu 6:16

Lord thy God

Jehovah. Deu 6:16.

Luk 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

power of the Spirit into Galilee

Luk 4:1; Mat 4:12.

there went out a fame of him

Mat 4:24.

Luk 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

he came to Nazareth

Our Lord visited Nazareth twice after beginning His public ministry. See Mat 13:54-58; Mar 6:1-6.

he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day

Luk 4:15; Mar 1:21; Jhn 18:20.

Luk 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

where it was written

Inspiration. Luk 4:17-21, 27; Luk 10:16. (Exo 4:15; Rev 22:19.)

Luk 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Lord

Adonai Jehovah. Isaiah 61:1

gospel

Gospel. Luk 7:22. (Gen 12:1-3; Rev 14:6.)

Luk 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

the acceptable year

A comparison with the passage quoted, Isa 61:1-2, affords an instance of the exquisite accuracy of Scripture. Jesus stopped at, "the acceptable year of the Lord," which is connected with the first advent and the dispensation of grace (Gen 3:15; Scofield Acts 1:11, note); "the day of vengeance of our God" belongs to the second advent (Deu 30:3; Scofield Acts 1:11, note) and judgment.

Lord

Jehovah. Isaiah 61:1-2; 58:6.

Luk 4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

the gracious words

Psa 45:2; Jhn 7:46.

Is not this Joseph's son?

Mat 13:55.

Luk 4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

No prophet is accepted in his own country

Jhn 4:44.

Luk 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

the days of Elias

1Ki 17:9; 18:1.

Luk 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

saving Naaman the Syrian

2Ki 5:1, 14.

Luk 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

rose up, and thrust him out of the city

Jhn 8:37, 59; 10:31, 39.

Luk 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

his word was with power

Jhn 8:26, 28, 38, 47; 12:49; cf. Luk 8:25; Luk 4:36.

Luk 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil

Mar 1:23.

Cf. Luk 4:34-36.

Luk 4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

Miracles (N.T.). Luk 4:33-36, 38-41; Luk 5:3-8. (Mat 8:2-3; Act 28:8-9.)

Luk 4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

with authority and power he commandeth

Luk 4:32; 8:25; Jhn 8:26.

Luk 4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

the fame of him went out

Luk 4:14-15; Mar 1:28, 45.

Luk 4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

Simon's wife's mother

Mat 8:14; Mar 1:29.

Luk 4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.

she arose and ministered unto them

Luk 8:2-3.

Luk 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

when the sun was setting

Mat 8:16-17; Mar 1:32-34.

Luk 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

suffered them not to speak

Mar 1:34.

Luk 4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

for therefore am I sent

Mat 10:7; Mar 1:38.