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Luke 4:14-30

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14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

15He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.

23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”

24“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

25I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

26Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

27And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

28All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

29They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.

30But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

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1)       According to verse 14 what was the spiritual condition of Jesus when he returned to Galilee?

o   Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit.

 

2)       According to verse 14 where did news about Jesus spread?

o   News about Jesus spread through the whole countryside.

 

3)       According to verse 15 how was Jesus received when he taught in the synagogues?

o   Everyone praised him.

 

4)       According to verse 16 where did Jesus go on the Sabbath when he returned to Nazareth where he had been brought up?

o   Jesus went into the synagogue.

o   As

o   Was his custom.

 

5)       According to verses 16 and 17 what was handed to Jesus when he stood up to read?

o   The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.

 

6)       According to verses 17 to 19 where in the scroll of the prophet Isaiah did Jesus turn to?

o   The Spirit of the Lord is on me.

o   Because

o   He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

o   He has sent me

§  To proclaim

Ø  Freedom for the prisoners. 

Ø  And recovery of sight for the blind.

§  To set the oppressed free.

§  To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

 

7)       According to verse 20 what did Jesus do after he finished reading from the scroll?

o   Jesus

§  Rolled up the scroll.

§  Gave it back to the attendant.

§  And sat down.

 

8)       According to verse 20 what was the focus of the attention of everyone in the synagogue?

o   The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Jesus.

 

9)       According to verse 21 what was Jesus’ commentary on the scripture he just read out loud?

o   Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

 

10)   What was Jesus hinting at with his commentary?

o   Jesus was hinting that he was the fulfillment of the scripture.

 

11)   According to verse 22 what was the reaction of everyone toward what Jesus said?

o   All

§  Spoke well of him.

§  And were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips.

o   They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

 

12)   What do we make of the local people’s rhetorical question about Jesus being Joseph’s son?

o   They had a hard time believing that such gracious words had come from Jesus’ lips since

§  His parents were regular folks.

§  They had known him from childhood.

§  And he was just a regular guy.

§  As

§  They were.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verses 23 and 24 did the local people believe that he could do what they had heard that he did in Capernaum and why?

o   No, because they were skeptical.

 

14)   According to what Jesus said in verse 24 what was the reason the local people did not believe Jesus?

o   It is because no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

 

15)   According to what Jesus said in verses 25 and 26 what historical proof did he provide that no prophet is accepted in his hometown?

o   There were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time when

§  The sky was shut for three and a half years.

§  And there was a severe famine throughout the land.

o   Yet Elijah was not sent

§  To any of them.

§  But to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 27 what was another historical proof he provided that no prophet is accepted in his hometown?

o   There were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet.

o   Yet

o   Not one of them was cleansed—

o   Only Naaman the Syrian.

 

17)   According to verses 28 and 29 what was the reaction of everyone in the synagogue toward what Jesus said?

o   They were furious.

o   They

§  Got up.

§  Drove Jesus out of the town.

§  Took him to the brow of the hill.

§  On which

§  The town was built.

§  And intended to throw him off the cliff.

 

18)   According to verse 30 what did Jesus do?

o   Jesus

§  Walked right through the crowd.

§  And went on his way.

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Luke 4:14-30

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