Vincent's Word Studies And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. Ran violently (ὥρμησεν)
Rev., more neatly, rushed. Only Mark gives the number of the swine, two thousand. A steep place See on Matthew 8:32. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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. He that was possessed with devils
Expressed in the Greek by two words, ὁ δαιμονισθείς, the demonized. Was healed (ἐσώθη) See on Luke 6:19. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. They were taken (συνείχοντο)
See on Luke 4:38. The same word as of the fever. 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. Besought (ἐδέετο)
Imperfect: was beseeching. See on prayers, Luke 5:33. Rev., prayed. Beseech is used to render παρακαλέω (Mark 5:10). See on consolation, Luke 6:24. Παρακαλέω, beseech, is used of prayer to God in only one instance, 2 Corinthians 12:8, where Paul besought the Lord to remove the thorn in the flesh. Frequently or requests to Christ while on earth. Δεομαι, to pray, often of prayer to God (Matthew 9:38; Luke 10:2; Acts 8:22). It is noticeable that in Luke 8:28, where the demons address Christ as the Son of the highest God, they say δέομαι, I pray. In Luke 8:31, Luke 8:32, where they ask not to be sent away, and to be allowed to enter into the swine, they say παρακαλέω, I beseech. The restored man, recognizing Jesus' divine power, prayed (ἐδεῖτο) to be with him. The distinction, however, must not be closely pressed. The two words seem to be often used interchangeably in the New Testament. 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: Shew (διηγοῦ)
Rather relate, recount, with the idea of telling the story throughout (διά). See on declaration, Luke 1:1. Throughout the whole city Mark says in Decapolis. How great things (ὅσα) Lit., how many things, and thus according with recount. Declared all things throughout, as many as Jesus had done. For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jairus
The name of one of the Israelite chiefs, Jair, who conquered and settled Bashan (Numbers 32:41; Joshua 13:30). "His name lingered down to the time of the Christian era, when, in the same region as that which he conquered, we find a ruler of the synagogue named Jair" (Stanley, "Jewish Church"). And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Thronged (συνέπνιγον)
With the idea of pressing together (σύν) upon him: stifling. The simple verb is that rendered choke, as in Luke 8:7, Luke 8:33. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Had spent (προσαναλώσασα)
Only here in New Testament. Some texts omit who had spent all her living upon physicians. Luke, with professional sensitiveness, omits Mark's statement that she had suffered many things from many physicians, and was not bettered but made worse. 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.
And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. Who touched (τίς ὁ ἁψαμενός)
Lit., who is he that touched ? Rev., who is it that. Throng and press (συνέχουσιν - ἀποθλίβουσιν) On the former word, see Luke 8:37, and Luke 4:38. Rev. renders the latter, which occurs here only, more literally, crush. It means to squeeze out, as wine from grapes. See on tribulation, Matthew 13:21. 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. Hath touched (ἥψατο) - I perceive (ἔγνων)
Rev. renders the two aorists strictly: did touch, and I perceived, with reference to Jesus' knowledge of the touch at the moment it was applied. Virtue (δύναμιν) Rev., power. The evangelists use the word frequently of miracles - mighty works. It is used here in the sense of virtue, according to its use by naturalists and physicians. Still, too much stress must not be laid upon it as a mark of Luke's professional accuracy, as Dean Plumptre in "The Expositor," iv., 139; since Mark uses it in his narrative of the same incident, and in the same sense (Mark 5:30). 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, Falling down
Not in worship, but in terror. See on fell down, Luke 5:8. 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, In peace
See on Luke 7:50. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. From the ruler of the synagogue's house
A. V. and Rev. properly supply house, as the ruler himself is present with Jesus. Dead Placed first in the Greek order, for emphasis. "Dead is thy daughter." Trouble See on Matthew 9:36; and Mark 5:35. Tyndale renders dis-ease, in the old verbal sense of disturb. 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 began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
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? Wept and bewailed
Both imperfects, were weeping and bewailing. So, rightly, Rev. Compare on bewailing, Mark 5:38. 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.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. Maid (ἡ παῖς)
Instead of the unclassical κορασίον, damsel, of Matthew and Mark. 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;
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Called together
Matthew and Mark have called to. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
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. Take (αἴρετε)
Lit., lift, with a view of carrying away. Staves Following the reading ῥάβδους, for which read ῥάβδον staff. Two coats (ἀνά δύο χιτῶνας) Lit., two apiece: the force of ἀνά, as in John 2:6. But he passing through the midst of them went his way, There abide
See on Matthew 10:10. And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. Shake off
See on Matthew 10:14. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. Throughout the towns (κατὰ τὰς κώμας)
Rev., rightly, villages. The preposition is distributive, village by village. And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, The tetrarch
See on Matthew 14:1. That was done (τὰ γινόμενα) The present participle. Lit., all that is being done. Was perplexed (διηπόρει) Used by Luke only. From διά, through, and ὰπορέω, to be without a way out. The radical idea of the compound verb seems to be of one who goes through the whole list of possible ways, and finds no way out. Hence, to be in perplexity. 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.
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. He desired (ἐζήτει)
Rev., he sought. He did more than desire. 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. Declared (διηγήσαντο)
Related everything throughout (διά). See on Luke 8:39; and Luke 1:1. Bethsaida Peculiar to Luke. It means Fishing-place. Healed (ἰᾶτο) them that had need of healing (θεραπείας) See on Luke 5:15. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
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. And when the day began to wear away
Omit when. Render, and the day began, etc. To wear away (κλίνειν). Lit., to decline. Wyc., very literally, to bow down. Lodge (καταλύσωσιν) Peculiar to Luke. Primarily the verb means to break up or dissolve. Hence often in New Testament to destroy (Matthew 5:17; Mark 13:2). Intransitively, to take up one's quarters; lodge; either because the harness of the travellers' horses is loosed, or because the fastenings of their garments are untied. The kindred word κατάλυμα, a guest-chamber, occurs, Mark 14:14; or inn, Luke 2:7. Victuals (ἐπισιτισμόν) Only here in New Testament. Properly a stock of provisions. Thus Xenophon. "Cyrus hastened the whole journey, except when he halted in order to furnish himself with supplies" (ἐπισιτισμοῦ ἕνεκα). Desert (ἔρημῳ) See on Matthew 14:15. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. Give ye
The ye emphatic, closing the sentence in the Greek order. See on Matthew 14:15. Buy food Compare Mark 6:37. 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. In a company (κλισίας)
The plural, in companies. Lit., table-companies. The word is also used in classical Greek of a couch for reclining at table. Only here in New Testament. See on Mark 6:39. 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.
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. Brake and gave (κατέκλασεν - ἐδίδου)
Note the two tenses, as in Mark 6:41, and see note there. To set before (παραθεῖναι) Lit., to set beside, since the table was at the side of the guest. A common word for serving up a meal. Compare Luke 10:8; Acts 16:34. From the sense of placing beside, comes that of putting in charge, committing (Luke 12:48; Luke 23:46; 1 Timothy 1:18). Hence the kindred noun παραθήκη (2 Timothy 1:12), a deposit: that which f halve committed. And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. Were filled
See on Matthew 5:6. There were taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets (καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα) The Rev. is more accurate, putting the comma after αὐτοῖς to them, instead of after κλασμάτων, fragments; and making the latter word depend on κόφινοι, baskets. Render, therefore, And there was taken up that which remained over to them, of broken pieces, twelve baskets. Baskets See on Matthew 14:20. And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. As he was praying Peculiar to Luke. Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]. Text Courtesy of Internet Sacred Texts Archive. Bible Apps.com |
