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Luke 4:14-30
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14Jesus returned to
15He was teaching in their
synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16He went to
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
24“Truly I tell you,” he
continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25I assure you that there
were many widows in
26Yet Elijah was not sent to
any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of
27And there were many in
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
o
Jesus returned to
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
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
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To proclaim
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Freedom for the
prisoners.
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And recovery of
sight for the blind.
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To set the
oppressed free.
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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
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Rolled up the
scroll.
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Gave it back to
the attendant.
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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
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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
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His parents were
regular folks.
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They had known
him from childhood.
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And he was just a
regular guy.
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As
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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
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
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The sky was shut
for three and a half years.
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And there was a
severe famine throughout the land.
o
Yet Elijah was
not sent
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To any of them.
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But to a widow in
Zarephath in the region of
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
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.
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Drove Jesus
out of the town.
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Took him to the
brow of the hill.
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On which
§
The town was
built.
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And intended to
throw him off the cliff.
18)
According to
verse 30 what did Jesus do?
o
Jesus
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Walked right
through the crowd.
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And went on his
way.
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Luke 4:14-30
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