Gospels (07) - John 4:46-54; Luke 4:16-31; Mark 1:21-39

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

Matthew 4:17 - 17 From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” [1]
Luke 4:14-15 - 14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread throughout the entire vicinity. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, being acclaimed by everyone. [2]
John 4:46-54 - 46 Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.
         - Herod the Great > Herod Antipas
47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.
48 Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
         - “Will you believe after I do the miracle?” or
         - “Will this confirm what you already believe?”
49 “Sir,” the official said to Him, “come down before my boy dies!”
50 “Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.
51 While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive. 52 He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him,” they answered.
         - The officer believed Jesus and slept the night in peace.
53 The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.
54 This, therefore, was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee. [3]
Luke 4:16-31 –Jesus’ First Rejection at Nazareth
16 He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:
18 The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (Isaiah 61:1-2a)

• Jesus stops in the middle of verse 2 because Isaiah transitions to end times prophecy.
• Jesus wants to focus on the part of Isaiah’s prophecy that is referring to the present… Him.

20 He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

• “I am the One who has come to give the Good News to you… the poor. I want you to have freedom, I want you to see, I don’t want you to be oppressed… and if not you the Jew… then the Gentiles.”
• “I am the One Isaiah is talking about.
  
  
• No where in the OT does it refer to the Messiah as the one who is crucified… the suffering servant.
• Isaiah refers to the suffering servant.
• They see it as different than the Messiah.
• Jesus is telling them I am the Messiah and the servant.

22 They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
23 Then He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. So all we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’ ”

• The healings you have done everywhere else… do them here.

24 He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25 But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them—but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. (Gentile – area known for worshipping the God of Baal) 27 And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian. (Gentile – Syria army was an enemy of Israel)”

• Remember this healing of the leper… A Gentile…
• No Jew had every been healed of leprosy at this point.

28 When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged. 29 They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff. 30 But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.
31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.[4]


Matthew 4:13-16 –The Move to Capernum
13 He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
15 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the sea road, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles!
16 The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned. [5]

• Jesus has once again fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah.

Mark 1:21-28 – Jesus heals demonic on Sabbath
21 Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. 22 They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.
23 Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out, 24 “What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
25 But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit convulsed him, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
27 Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” 28 News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.[6]
Mark 1:29-34 – Jesus heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law
29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John. 30 Simon’s (Peter is married) mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. 31 So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

• Jesus healed on the Sabbath – that is work
• That is the oral law… not God’s Law.

32 When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

• They brought them after the Sabbath because they had been trained in the oral law.

 33 The whole town was assembled at the door, 34 and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.[7]

• He didn’t need the demons to help Him proclaim who He was.

Mark 1:35-39 – First Tour of Galilee w/ Peter, Andrew, James & John
35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there. 36 Simon and his companions went searching for Him. 37 They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”
38 And He said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.” 39 So He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. [8]

• Jesus spoke with authority
• Jesus came as a prophet
• Jesus left as a high priest

Jesus returns as the king

[1] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Mt 4:17). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Lk 4:14–15). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Jn 4:46–54). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Lk 4:16–31). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Mt 4:13–16). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Mk 1:21–28). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Mk 1:29–34). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[8] The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Mk 1:35–39). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.