1 The temptation and fasting of Christ.
14 He begins to preach.
16 The people of Nazareth admire his gracious words, but being offended, seek to kill him.
33 He cures one possessed of a devil,
38 Peter's mother-in-law,
40 and divers other sick persons.
41 The devils acknowledge Christ, and are reproved for it.
42 He preaches through the cities of Galilee.

A.M. 4031. A.D. 27.
Jesus. Mt 4:1 *etc:

full. 14,18 3:22 Isa 11:2-4 61:1 Mt 3:16 Joh 1:32 3:34 Ac 1:2 10:38

and was. 2:27 1Ki 18:12 Eze 3:14 Mr 1:12 *etc: Ac 8:39

wilderness. 1Ki 19:4 Mr 1:13

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

forty. Ex 24:18 34:28 De 9:9,18,25 1Ki 19:8 Mt 4:2

tempted. Ge 3:15 1Sa 17:16 Heb 2:18

he did. Es 4:16 Jon 3:7

he afterward. Mt 21:18 Joh 4:6 Heb 4:15

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

3:22 Mt 4:3

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

It. 8,10 Isa 8:20 Joh 10:34,35 Eph 6:17

That. 22:35 Ex 23:25 De 8:3 Jer 49:11 Mt 4:4 6:25,26,31

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.

taking. Mr 4:8,9 1Co 7:31 Eph 2:2 6:12 1Jo 2:15,16

in. Job 20:5 Ps 73:19 1Co 15:52 2Co 4:17

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.

All. Joh 8:44 2Co 11:14 Re 12:9 20:2,3

and the. Es 5:11 Isa 5:14 23:9 1Pe 1:24

and to. Joh 12:31 14:30 Eph 2:2 Re 13:2,7

7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

worship me. or, fall down before me. 8:28 17:16 Ps 72:11 Isa 45:14 46:6 Mt 2:11 Re 4:10 5:8 22:8

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.

Get. Mt 4:10 16:23 Jas 4:7 1Pe 5:9

for. 4 De 6:13 10:20 Mt 4:10 Re 19:10 22:9

only. 1Sa 7:3 2Ki 19:15 Ps 83:18 Isa 2:11

9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

brought. Job 2:6 Mt 4:5

on. 2Ch 3:4

If. 3 Mt 4:6 8:29 Ro 1:4

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

it. 3,8 2Co 11:14

He. Ps 91:11,12 Heb 1:14

11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

Thou. De 6:16 Ps 95:9 106:14 Mal 3:15 Mt 4:7 1Co 10:9 Heb 3:8,9

13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

Mt 4:11 Joh 14:30 Heb 4:15 Jas 4:7

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.

returned. Mt 4:12 Mr 1:14 Joh 4:43 Ac 10:37

in. 1

and there. Mt 4:23-25 Mr 1:28

15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

he. 16 13:10 Mt 4:23 9:35 13:54 Mr 1:39

being. Isa 55:5 Mt 9:8 Mr 1:27,45

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.

to. 1:26,27 2:39,51 Mt 2:23 13:54 Mr 6:1

as. 15 2:42 Joh 18:20 Ac 17:2

and stood. Ac 13:14-16

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,

the book. 20:42 Ac 7:42 13:15,27

he had. [Anaptusso,] 'unrolled the book;' the Sacred Writings being anciently (as they are still in the synagogues) written on skins of parchment, and rolled on two rollers, beginning on each end, so that in reading from right to left, they rolled off with the left hand while they rolled on with the right.

the place. Isa 61:1-3

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,

Spirit. Ps 45:7 Isa 11:2-5 42:1-4 50:4 59:21

anointed. Ps 2:2,6 *marg: Da 9:24 Joh 1:41 Ac 4:27 10:38

to preach. 6:20 7:22 Isa 29:19 Zep 3:12 Zec 11:11 Mt 5:3 11:5 Jas 2:5

to heal. 2Ch 34:27 Ps 34:18 51:17 147:3 Isa 57:15 66:2 Eze 9:4

to preach deliverance. Ps 102:20 107:10-16 146:7 Isa 42:7 45:13 49:9,24,25 52:2,3 Zec 9:11,12 Col 1:13

and. Ps 146:8 Isa 29:18,19 32:3 35:5 42:16-18 60:1,2 Mal 4:2 Mt 4:16 9:27-30 11:5 Joh 9:39-41 12:46 Ac 26:18 Eph 5:8-14 1Th 5:5,6 1Pe 2:9 1Jo 2:8-10

bruised. Ge 3:15 Isa 42:3 Mt 12:20

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

19:42 Le 25:8-13,50-54 Nu 36:4 Isa 61:2 63:4 2Co 6:1

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

and he. 17 Mt 20:26-28

and sat. 5:3 Mt 5:1,2 13:1,2 Joh 8:2 Ac 13:14-16 16:13

And the. 19:48 Ac 3:12

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

This day. 10:23,24 Mt 13:14 Joh 4:25,26 5:39 Ac 2:16-18,29-33 3:18

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. 2:47 21:15 Ps 45:2,4 Pr 10:32 16:21 25:11 Ec 12:10,11 So 5:16 Isa 50:4 Mt 13:54 Mr 6:2 Joh 7:46 Ac 6:10 Tit 2:8

Is not. Mt 13:55,56 Mr 6:3 Joh 6:42

23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

Physician. 6:42 Ro 2:21,22

whatsoever. Mt 4:13,23 11:23 *etc: Joh 4:48

do. Joh 2:3,4 4:28 7:3,4 Ro 11:34,35 2Co 5:16

thy country. Mt 13:54 Mr 6:1

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

No. Mt 13:57 Mr 6:4,5 Joh 4:41,44 Ac 22:3,18-22

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;

many. 10:21 Isa 55:8 Mt 20:15 Mr 7:26-29 Ro 9:15,20 Eph 1:9,11

when the. 1Ki 17:1 18:1,2

Elijah. Jas 5:17

26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

save. 1Ki 17:9 *etc:

Zarephath. Ob 1:20

Sarepta. Sarepta, a city of Phoenicia, on the coast of the Mediterranean, is called Zarphand by the Arabian geographer Sherif Ibn Idris, who places it twenty miles N. of Tyre, and ten S. of Sidon; but its real distance from Tyre is about fifteen miles, the whole distance from that city to Sidon being only twenty-five miles. Maundrell states that the place shown him for this city, called Sarphan, consisted of only a few houses, on the tops of the mountains, within about half a mile of the sea; between which there were ruins of considerable extent.

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

Eliseus. 1Ki 19:19-21

Elisha.
saving. Mt 12:4 Joh 17:12

Naaman. 2Ki 5:1-27 Job 21:22 33:13 36:23 Da 4:35

28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

were. 6:11 11:53,54 2Ch 16:10 24:20,21 Jer 37:15,16 38:6 Ac 5:33 Ac 7:54 22:21-23 1Th 2:15,16

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.

and thrust. Joh 8:37,40,59 15:24,25 Ac 7:57,58 16:23,24 21:28-32

brow. or, edge. that. 2Ch 25:12 Ps 37:14,32,33

30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Joh 8:59 10:39 18:6,7 Ac 12:18

31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

came. Mt 4:13 Mr 1:21

taught. Mt 10:23 Ac 13:50-52 14:1,2,6,7,19-21 17:1-3,10,11,16,17 18:4 Ac 20:1,2,23,24

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

36 Jer 23:28,29 Mt 7:28,29 Mr 1:22 Joh 6:63 1Co 2:4,5 14:24,25 2Co 4:2 10:4,5 1Th 1:5 Tit 2:15 Heb 4:12,13

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

Mr 1:23

34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

Let us alone. or, Away. 8:37 Ac 16:39

what. 41 8:28 Mt 8:29 Mr 1:24,34 5:7 Jas 2:19

art. Ge 3:15 Heb 2:14 1Jo 3:8 Re 20:2

the Holy One. 1:35 Ps 16:10 Da 9:24 Ac 2:27 3:14 4:27 Re 3:7

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.

Jesus. 39,41 Ps 50:16 Zec 3:2 Mt 8:26 17:18 Mr 3:11,12 Ac 16:17,18

thrown. 9:39,42 11:22 Mr 1:26 9:26 Re 12:12

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.

They were. Mt 9:33 12:22,23 Mr 1:27 7:37

What. 32 10:17-20 Mr 16:17-20 Ac 19:12-16

they come. 1Pe 3:22

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

the fame. [Echos,] the sound; a very elegant metaphor, says Dr. Adam Clarke. The people are represented as struck with astonishment, and the sound goes out through all the coasts; in allusion to the propagation of sound by a smart stroke upon any substance.

14 Isa 52:13 Mt 4:23-25 9:26 Mr 1:28,45 6:14

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.

he. Mt 8:14,15 Mr 1:29-31 1Co 9:5

they. 7:3,4 Mt 15:23 Joh 11:3,22 Jas 5:14,15

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

and rebuked. 35 8:24

and ministered. 8:2,3 Ps 116:12 2Co 5:14,15

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. Mt 8:16,17 Mr 1:32-34

and he. 7:21-23 Mt 4:23,24 11:5 14:13 Mr 3:10 6:5,55,56 Ac 5:15 19:12

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.

crying. 34,35 Mr 1:25,34 3:11

Thou. Mt 8:29 26:63 Joh 20:31 Ac 16:17,18 Jas 2:19

speak, etc. or, say that they knew him to be Christ.

42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

when. 6:12 Mr 1:35 Joh 4:34

and the. Mt 14:13,14 Mr 1:37,45 6:33,34 Joh 6:24

and stayed. 8:37,38 24:29 Joh 4:40

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

I must. Mr 1:14,15,38,39 Joh 9:4 Ac 10:38 2Ti 4:2

therefore. Isa 42:1-4 48:16 61:1-3 Joh 6:38-40 20:21

44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

he. 15 Mt 4:23 Mr 1:39

Galilee. Many of the Jewish traditions, in accordance with Is. 9:1, 2, assert that Galilee was the place where the Messiah should first appear. Thus also Is. 2:19, 'When he shall arise to smite terribly the earth,' is expounded in the book Zohar, as referring to the Messiah: 'When he shall arise; [Vayitgaleh be-ar'ah de-galil,] and shall be revealed in the land of Galilee.'