20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
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And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-30)After Christ had vanquished the evil spirit, he made it appear how much he was under the influence of the good Spirit; and, having defended himself against the devil’s assaults, he now begins to act offensively , and to make those attacks upon him, by his preaching and miracles, which he could not resist or repel. Observe, I. What is here said in general of his preaching, and the entertainment it…
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