Luke 4,30-ff
31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,
32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority.
33 And in the synagogue, there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34 “Ha!What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
37 And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
Jesus Heals Many
38 And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf.
39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Jesus Preaches in Synagogues
42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,
43 but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.”
44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
Hello everyone, I am kiki. Chinese name of our second phase of the program is “读经大讲堂”. The English name is “Bible study”.
We will adopt a relaxed also enjoyable learning mode to take you into a new learning world. Each time I will make a personal summary and analysis from the perspective of a learner, and then Sister Ingrid will help me conduct in-depth learning and problem discussions with everybody.
I hope that such an interesting and interactive process can bring new knowledge experience to you all. The following is my interview with sister on related issues. Today is the sixth lecture on the Gospel of Luke.
Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion!
2.My summary of Luke sixth-time study:
Well, everybody! Firstly, is still my today’s personal study summary.
In this passage from the Bible, we see Jesus performing several miracles in Capernaum. He begins by teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, and people are amazed by how powerful and authoritative his words are.
While he’s teaching, a man with an unclean demon shout at him, recognizing Jesus as the “Holy One of God” and asking if he has come to destroy them. Jesus orders the demon to be quiet and to leave the man, which it does, and the man is healed.
Afterward, Jesus goes to Simon’s house, where he heals Simon’s mother-in-law, who is suffering from a high fever.
She is immediately healed and begins to serve them. Later, when the sun sets, people bring all kinds of sick individuals to Jesus.
He heals many of them and drives out demons that cry out, acknowledging him as the Son of God. However, Jesus doesn’t allow the demons to speak because they know he is the Christ.
The next morning, Jesus goes to a quiet place to pray, but people find him and try to keep him with them.
Jesus tells them that he must continue preaching the good news of God’s kingdom in other towns, as that is the purpose he was sent for.
He continues to spread his message, preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
Now let Ingrid sister make a go further summary.
3.Sister’s comment from my studying summary:
For to understand the healing ministry of Jesus, we have to go back to the old testimony. There the people were blessed with earthly blessings if they hold the word of God and did the things right.
If they did not consider the word of God and sinned, they were cursed with sickness and possessed with demons as a consequence of that.
When John the baptized appeared, it was after 200 years of silence from God, because he was so angry with his people, that he did not talk to them.
In that time, there was a lot of sin, too, because people did not care a lot of God’s word and that is why there were so many sick people and demons.
For this reason, the disciples asked in the Gospel of John, when Jesus healed the blind born man, who has sinned, he or his parents. The concept that somebody can be sick, because God wants to glorify himself by healing him, was new to them.
Jesus came to earth, for to carry the sin away and for to heal our sickness, too, like we hear in Isaiah 53,4-5
” Surely, he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
This is the reason why he walked around, announcing the kingdom of God and healed sick people. Further in this passage we read about the mother-in-law of Simon-Peter and more people who were set free from demons.
He first was at Kaparnaum, which he elected as his hometown after Nazareth refused him, then he walked around in the whole Judaea for to go on in his ministry.
- Q list part: base on Luke 4th items:
Okay. Base on above bible study content, now let me ask sister some related questions.
We hope the following questions can be helpful to our brothers and sisters who have just become Christians.
1.Why were people amazed at Jesus’ teaching? Did people think he was weird at that moment?
They were astonished, because Jesus thought with authority, not like the pharisee’s that they had heard before.
2.What did the unclean demon say when it saw Jesus?
He identified Jesus as the Holy of God and he asked Jesus if he came to destroy them, because the demon knew that Jesus had authority to do that.
3.How did Jesus heal the man with the demon?
He rebuked the demon and said: Go out of this man.
4.What happened when Simon’s mother-in-law was healed?
She stood up and served them.
5.What did the people do when the sun was setting?
They brought many sick people with the purpose that Jesus should heal them.
6.What did the demons say when they were cast out?
They said, you are the holy of God.
7.Why did Jesus not let the demons speak?
They knew him all and identified him as the Messiah.
8.Why did Jesus leave the people who wanted to keep him?
He had to preach the gospel to other people, too
9.What was Jesus’ purpose according to his statement in the passage?
He had to preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well.
10.Where did Jesus continue preaching after leaving Capernaum?
He went to Judaea and to the rest of Israel.
