Luke 4:32 — Meaning and Application

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“And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.”

Luke 4:32

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But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

Saying, Let {us} alone; what have we to do with thee, {thou} Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. {Let...: or, Away}

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Luke 4:1

"And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,"

Luke 4:2

"Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered."

Luke 4:3

"And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread."

Luke 4:4

"And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."

Luke 4:5

"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time."

Luke 4:6

"And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it."

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