Luke 4:35
But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Be silent!" He said. "Come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
Be silent!
In this phrase, Jesus commands the unclean spirit to be silent. The Greek word used here is "φιμώθητι" (phimōthēti), which means to be muzzled or to be silent. This command demonstrates Jesus' authority over the spiritual realm. In the historical context of the first century, exorcisms were not uncommon, but the authority and ease with which Jesus commands the spirit is unparalleled. This highlights His divine power and the fulfillment of messianic prophecies, as He exercises dominion over evil.

Jesus rebuked him
The act of rebuking, from the Greek "ἐπετίμησεν" (epetimēsen), implies a strong, authoritative reprimand. This is not a mere suggestion but a command that carries weight and power. In the scriptural context, rebuking is often associated with divine authority, as seen in the Old Testament when God rebukes the sea or nations. Jesus' rebuke here signifies His divine authority and His role as the Son of God, who has come to destroy the works of the devil.

Come out of him!
This command, "ἔξελθε" (exelthe), is a direct order for the demon to leave the possessed man. The use of the imperative form underscores the immediacy and authority of Jesus' words. In the broader biblical narrative, this act of casting out demons is a sign of the in-breaking Kingdom of God, where Jesus is reclaiming territory from the forces of darkness. It is a foretaste of the ultimate victory over evil that will be accomplished through His death and resurrection.

Then the demon threw the man down before them all
The phrase describes the demon's reaction to Jesus' command. The Greek word "ῥίψαν" (rhipsas) means to throw or cast down. This violent action indicates the demon's resistance and the spiritual struggle taking place. However, it also highlights the power of Jesus' command, as the demon must ultimately obey. Historically, this public display would have been a powerful testament to Jesus' authority and would have left a profound impact on the witnesses.

and came out without harming him
This outcome, where the demon leaves without causing harm, is significant. The Greek "μηδὲν βλάψαν" (mēden blapsan) means not harming or injuring. In the context of exorcisms, it was not uncommon for individuals to be harmed during the process. However, Jesus' authority ensures the man's safety, demonstrating His compassion and the restorative nature of His ministry. This aligns with the scriptural theme of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, who cares for and protects His flock.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Jesus
The central figure in this passage, demonstrating His authority over evil spirits.

2. Demon
A malevolent spiritual being possessing a man, showcasing the reality of spiritual warfare.

3. Possessed Man
The individual afflicted by the demon, representing those in need of deliverance.

4. Capernaum
The location where this event takes place, a town in Galilee where Jesus performed many miracles.

5. The Crowd
Witnesses to the miracle, representing the public's exposure to Jesus' divine authority.
Teaching Points
Authority of Jesus
Jesus' command over the demon illustrates His supreme authority over all spiritual realms. Believers can trust in His power to deliver and protect.

Power of the Word
Jesus uses His word to rebuke the demon, highlighting the power of God's word in spiritual warfare. Believers should wield Scripture as a weapon against evil.

Deliverance and Healing
The man's deliverance without harm shows Jesus' compassion and ability to restore. Believers can seek Jesus for both spiritual and physical healing.

Public Witness
The crowd's witness to the miracle serves as a testimony to Jesus' divine nature. Believers are called to be witnesses of Christ's power in their lives.

Spiritual Warfare
This passage is a reminder of the reality of spiritual warfare. Believers must remain vigilant and rely on Jesus' authority in their spiritual battles.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does Jesus' authority over the demon in Luke 4:35 encourage you in your own spiritual battles?

2. In what ways can you use Scripture as a tool for spiritual warfare in your daily life?

3. How does the deliverance of the possessed man without harm reflect Jesus' compassion and power?

4. What are some ways you can be a witness to Jesus' power and authority in your community?

5. How can the teachings in Ephesians 6:12 and James 4:7 help you understand and engage in spiritual warfare?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Mark 1:25-26
This parallel account reinforces Jesus' authority over demons, emphasizing His command and the demon's obedience.

Matthew 8:16
Highlights Jesus' power to cast out spirits with a word, demonstrating His divine authority.

Acts 16:18
Paul, in the name of Jesus, commands a spirit to leave a girl, showing the continued authority of Jesus' name over evil.

Ephesians 6:12
Reminds believers of the spiritual battle against evil forces, underscoring the need for spiritual armor.

James 4:7
Encourages believers to resist the devil, promising that he will flee, echoing the authority believers have in Christ.
Our Lord's Labors At CapernaumR.M. Edgar Luke 4:31-44
Fame and PowerW. Clarkson Luke 4:32, 37
Christ At CapernaumW. Jay.Luke 4:33-37
Demoniacal PossessionF. Coder, D. D.Luke 4:33-37
Possessed by the DevilSimpson's "Plea for religion."Luke 4:33-37
The Demoniac in the SynagogueJ. Parker, D. D.Luke 4:33-37
The Expulsion of the Unclean SpiritJabez Burns, D. D.Luke 4:33-37
The King Casting Out Evil SpiritsF. D. Maurice.Luke 4:33-37
The Testimony of the Evil Spirit to ChristArchbishop Trench.Luke 4:33-37
People
Elias, Elijah, Eliseus, Elisha, Esaias, Isaiah, Jesus, Joseph, Naaman, Simon
Places
Capernaum, Galilee, Jerusalem, Jordan River, Judea, Nazareth, Sidon, Wilderness of Judea, Zarephath
Topics
Cast, Damage, Demon, Devil, Evil, Exclaimed, Forth, Harm, Hold, Hurled, Hurt, Injuring, Injury, Middle, Midst, Nought, Peace, Quiet, Rebuke, Rebuked, Saying, Silence, Silenced, Silent, Spirit, Sternly, Threw, Thrown
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Luke 4:35

     2009   Christ, anger of
     4135   demons, Christ's authority over
     5950   silence
     8328   quietness

Luke 4:31-35

     7430   Sabbath, in NT

Luke 4:31-37

     5381   law, letter and spirit

Luke 4:32-36

     2012   Christ, authority

Luke 4:33-35

     5345   influence

Luke 4:33-36

     2372   Christ, victory

Luke 4:34-36

     4165   exorcism

Luke 4:35-36

     8405   commands, in NT

Library
Preaching at Nazareth
'And He began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled In your ears.'--LUKE iv. 21. This first appearance of our Lord, in His public work at Nazareth, the home of His childhood, was preceded, as we learn from John's Gospel, by a somewhat extended ministry in Jerusalem. In the course of it, He cast the money-changers out of the Temple, did many miracles, had His conversation with Nicodemus, and on His return towards Galilee met the woman of Samaria at the well. The report of these things,
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture

The Temptation
4 And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2. Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. 3. And the devil said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread, 4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5. And the devil, taking Him up into an high
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions Of Holy Scripture

The Temptation of Christ
Matthew 4:1-11 -- "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
George Whitefield—Selected Sermons of George Whitefield

Private Prayer, and Public Worship.
"And, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day."--ST. LUKE iv. 16. "He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there He prayed."--ST. MARK i. 35. These two texts set before us our Saviour's habit in regard to public and private spiritual exercise; and they suggest to us the question, What have we, on our part, to say of these two elements in our own life? These texts, we bear in mind, represent not something casual or intermittent in the life of our Lord. They
John Percival—Sermons at Rugby

Salvation by Faith
"By grace are ye saved through faith." Eph. 2:8. 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that "formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul," and stamped on that soul the image of God, and "put all things under his feet." The same free grace continues to us, at this day, life, and breath,
John Wesley—Sermons on Several Occasions

Massillon -- the Small Number of the Elect
Jean Baptiste Massillon was born in 1663, at Hyères, in Provence, France. He first attracted notice as a pulpit orator by his funeral sermons as the Archbishop of Vienne, which led to his preferment from his class of theology at Meaux to the presidency of the Seminary of Magloire at Paris. His conferences at Paris showed remarkable spiritual insight and knowledge of the human heart. He was a favorite preacher of Louis XIV and Louis XV, and after being appointed bishop of Clermont in 1719 he
Grenville Kleiser—The world's great sermons, Volume 3

Jesus Sets Out from Judæa for Galilee.
Subdivision C. Arrival in Galilee. ^C Luke IV. 14; ^D John IV. 43-45. ^d 43 And after the two days [the two days spent among the Samaritans at Sychar] he went forth from thence [from Samaria] into Galilee. ^c 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee [Power of the Spirit here means its manifest use to perform miracles, rather than its presence, influence or direction. Jesus was always under the influence and direction of the Spirit, but did not previously perform miracles]: ^d
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Divine Healing.
The thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah is a prophecy beautifully extolling the glories and virtues of Christ's redemptive works. "The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." "It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.... Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the
Charles Ebert Orr—The Gospel Day

The Synagogue at Nazareth - Synagogue-Worship and Arrangements.
The stay in Cana, though we have no means of determining its length, was probably of only short duration. Perhaps the Sabbath of the same week already found Jesus in the Synagogue of Nazareth. We will not seek irreverently to lift the veil of sacred silence, which here, as elsewhere, the Gospel-narratives have laid over the Sanctuary of His inner Life. That silence is itself theopneustic, of Divine breathing and inspiration; it is more eloquent than any eloquence, a guarantee of the truthfulness
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

His Training.
WITH the exception of these few but significant hints, the youth of Jesus, and the preparation for his public ministry, are enshrined in mysterious silence. But we know the outward condition and circumstances under which he grew up; and these furnish no explanation for the astounding results, without the admission of the supernatural and divine element in his life. He grew up among a people seldom and only contemptuously named by the ancient classics, and subjected at the time to the yoke of a foreign
Philip Schaff—The Person of Christ

Standing with the People
We have found two simple and axiomatic social principles in the fundamental convictions of Jesus: The sacredness of life and personality, and the spiritual solidarity of men. Now confront a mind mastered by these convictions with the actual conditions of society, with the contempt for life and the denial of social obligation existing, and how will he react? How will he see the duty of the strong, and his own duty? DAILY READINGS First Day: The Social Platform of Jesus And he came to Nazareth, where
Walter Rauschenbusch—The Social Principles of Jesus

Christ the Deliverer.
"And he [Jesus] came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, The spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that
Frank G. Allen—Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel

Quotations from the Old Testament in the New.
1. As it respects inspiration, and consequent infallible authority, the quotations of the New Testament stand on a level with the rest of the apostolic writings. The Saviour's promise was: "When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth;" literally, "into all the truth," that is, as immediately explained, all the truth pertaining to the Redeemer's person and work. When, therefore, after the fulfilment of this promise, Peter and the other apostles expounded to their brethren
E. P. Barrows—Companion to the Bible

From his Commission to Reside Abroad in 1820 to his Removal to Germany in 1822
In 1822 John Yeardley went to reside in Germany. As his residence abroad constituted one of the most remarkable turns in his life, and exercised a powerful influence on the rest of his career, we shall develop as fully as we are able the motives by which he was induced to leave his native country. By means of his Diary we can trace the early appearance and growth, if not the origin, of the strong Christian sympathy he ever afterwards manifested with seeking souls in the nations on the continent of
John Yeardley—Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel

Whether in Christ There were the Gifts?
Objection 1: It would seem that the gifts were not in Christ. For, as is commonly said, the gifts are given to help the virtues. But what is perfect in itself does not need an exterior help. Therefore, since the virtues of Christ were perfect, it seems there were no gifts in Him. Objection 2: Further, to give and to receive gifts would not seem to belong to the same; since to give pertains to one who has, and to receive pertains to one who has not. But it belongs to Christ to give gifts according
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

It is the Final Court of Appeal.
It is not a question of what I think, or of what any one else thinks--it is, What saith the Scriptures? It is not a matter of what any church or creed teaches--it is, What teaches the Bible? God has spoken, and that ends the matter: "Forever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven." Therefore, it is for me to bow to His authority, to submit to His Word, to cease all quibbling and cry, "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." Because the Bible is God's Word, it is the final court of appeal in all things
Arthur W. Pink—The Divine Inspiration of the Bible

Epistle xiii. To Serenus, Bishop of Massilia (Marseilles) .
To Serenus, Bishop of Massilia (Marseilles) [128] . Gregory to Serenus, &c. The beginning of thy letter so showed thee to have in thee the good will that befits a priest as to cause us increased joy in thy Fraternity. But its conclusion was so at variance with its commencement that such an epistle might be attributed, not to one, but to different, minds. Nay, from thy very doubts about the epistle which we sent to thee it appears how inconsiderate thou art. For, hadst thou paid diligent attention
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

Book x. On Numbers
In truth, we interpret, however briefly, these numbers of perfect names. The mystical account of these examples makes them more honored among the blessed. I. This number refers to the unity of the divinity; in the Pentatuch: hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one. [Deut. 6:4] II. [This number refers] to the two testaments; in Kings: and He made in Dabir two cherubim in the measure of 10 cubits. [III(I) Kings 6:23] III. [This number refers] to the Trinity; in the epistle of John: three are those
St. Eucherius of Lyons—The Formulae of St. Eucherius of Lyons

The Doctrine of the Scriptures.
I. NAMES AND TITLES. 1. THE BIBLE. 2. THE TESTAMENTS. 3. THE SCRIPTURES. 4. THE WORD OF GOD. II. INSPIRATION. 1. DEFINITION. 2. DISTINCTIONS. a) Revelation. b) Illumination. c) Reporting. 3. VIEWS: a) Natural Inspiration. b) Christian Illumination. c) Dynamic Theory. d) Concept Theory. e) Verbal Inspiration. f) Partial Inspiration. g) Plenary Inspiration. 4. THE CLAIMS OF THE SCRIPTURES THEMSELVES: a) The Old Testament. b) The New Testament. 5. THE CHARACTER (OR DEGREES) OF INSPIRATION. a) Actual
Rev. William Evans—The Great Doctrines of the Bible

The Cornish Tinners
Saturday, September 3.--I rode to the Three-cornered Down (so called), nine or ten miles east of St. Ives, where we found two or three hundred tinners, who had been some time waiting for us. They all appeared quite pleased and unconcerned; and many of them ran after us to Gwennap (two miles east), where their number was quickly increased to four or five hundred. I had much comfort here in applying these words, "He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor" [Luke 4:18]. One who lived near
John Wesley—The Journal of John Wesley

Wesley Begins Field-Preaching
1739. March 15.--During my stay [in London] I was fully employed, between our own society in Fetter Lane and many others where I was continually desired to expound; I had no thought of leaving London, when I received, after several others, a letter from Mr. Whitefield and another from Mr. Seward entreating me, in the most pressing manner, to come to Bristol without delay. This I was not at all forward to do. Wednesday, 28.--My journey was proposed to our society in Fetter Lane. But my brother Charles
John Wesley—The Journal of John Wesley

The Redeemer's Return is Necessitated by the Present Exaltation of Satan.
One of the greatest mysteries in all God's creation is the Devil. For any reliable information concerning him we are shut up to the Holy Scriptures. It is in God's Word alone that we can learn anything about his origin, his personality, his fall, his sphere of operations, and his approaching doom. One thing which is there taught us about the great Adversary of God and man, and which observation and experience fully confirms, is, that he is a being possessing mighty power. It would appear, from a
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

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