Luke 4:28

Luke 4:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
• New International Version (NIV)All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

Context of Luke 4:28

26and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and not one of them was cleansed [by being healed] except Naaman the Syrian.” As they heard these things [about God’s grace to these two Gentiles], the people in the synagogue were filled with a great rage; 29and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to hurl Him down the cliff. 30But passing [miraculously] through the crowd, He went on His way.

Luke 4:28 word by word

Καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν πάντες θυμοῦ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ ἀκούοντες ταῦτα·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• all theyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the synagogueὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the synagogueσυναγωγήsunagōgē · synagogueG4864
• when they heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• were filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
• with wrathθυμόςthumos · wrathG2372

Cross-references for Luke 4:28

• Luke 6:11But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with senseless rage [and lacked spiritual insight], and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• Luke 11:53When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile [toward Him] and to interrogate Him on many subjects,
• 2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison [in the stocks], for he was enraged with him because of this. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
• 2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came over Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned (turned away from) the Lord, He has also abandoned (turned away from) you.’ ”
• Jeremiah 37:15The princes were enraged with Jeremiah and beat him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe—for they had made that the prison.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Acts 5:33Now when they heard this, they were infuriated and they intended to kill the apostles.
• Acts 7:54Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
• Acts 22:21And the Lord said to me, ‘Go, I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

Commentaries on Luke 4:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Were filled with wrath - They seem to have drawn the following conclusion from what our Lord spoke: "The Gentiles are more precious in the sight of God than the Jews; and to them his miracles of mercy and kindness shall be principally confined." This was pretty near the truth, as the event proved. Those who profit not by the light of God, while it is among them, shall have their candle extinguished. The kingdom of God was taken from the Jews, and given to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Filled with wrath - They were enraged, probably, for the following reasons: 1.They saw that the cases applied to themselves, because they would not receive the miraculous evidences of his mission. 2.That he would direct his attention to others, and not to them. 3.That the “Gentiles” were objects of compassion with God, and that God often showed more favor to a “single” Gentile than to multitudes of Jews in the same circumstances. 4.That they might be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him and on him, without measure. By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to bring light to those that sat in the dark, and by the power of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28The people in the synagogue were angry because Jesus mentioned that God had shown favor to Gentiles (non-Jewish people). Many Jews believed that only they received God’s favor. They were also living under Roman rule, and Gentiles ruled over them. So Jesus’s words felt very offensive to them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-2928-29. when they heard these things--these allusions to the heathen, just as afterwards with Paul (Ac 22:21, 22).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:28

• Anger
• Bigotry
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Nazareth
• Persecution
• Reproof
• Synagogue

In the dictionaries

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• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings