Luke 4:31

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon

31 1And he 2went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And 3he was teaching them 4on the Sabbath,

Luke 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:31

And came down to Capernaum
Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill:

a city of Galilee:
of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee:

and taught them on the sabbath days:
that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old Testament, as he had done at Nazareth and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel.

Luke 4:31 In-Context

29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
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,

Cross References 4

  • 1. For ver. 31-37, see Mark 1:21-28
  • 2. Matthew 4:13
  • 3. ver. 15, 16; See Matthew 4:23
  • 4. See Mark 6:2
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