Commentary on Luke's Gospel with Emphasis on Medical Terms

As Jesus identified with the forerunner to the Messiah by receiving his baptism, the Holy
Ghost descended upon Him like a dove, and the Father voiced His pleasure in His becoming a
Baptist. 19 The Lord Jesus Christ commenced His ministry with His public baptism, at the age of
thirty. His pedigree started with his legal parent, Joseph.
c) The Genealogy of Jesus (3:22-38)
Luke traced the lineage of Jesus Christ back through his legal guardian Joseph, to Heli, to
Abraham, and ultimately back to Adam, the son of God. Luke focused on Jesus’ physical
genealogy whereas Matthew focused on His royal genealogy through David.
MEDICAL TERMS IN CHAPTER THREE
1. v. 3 “remission” (a;fesin); Luke used the noun 10x out of 17x in the NT; it refers to the
remission of illness—Aretaeus. 20
2. v. 14 “violence” (diasei,shte); Luke used this hapax which could refer to the procedure of
physically agitating a patient—Hippocrates.
3. v. 20 “added” (prose,qhke); Luke used it 13x (e.g., 12:25) out of 18x, referring to the
additional application of remedies to the patient, per Hippocrates and Galen.
SUMMARY OF CHAPTER FOUR
(The Lord’s Inauguration of Ministry [4:1-13])
d) The Temptation of the Lord (4:1-13)
The Spirit of God led Christ to be tempted through forty days of fasting by the devil.
Three times the devil tempted Him and three times the Lord responded with Scripture (cf. Eph.
6:17). He targummed (cf. Ezr. 4:7) the Book of Deuteronomy thrice (Dt. 8:3; 6:13, and 16), and
Satan responded with the misinterpretation of Ps. 91:11-12. He defeated the devil in this
spiritual sword fight and the enemy left the Savior.
(The Lord’s Influence in Galilee [4:14-9:50])
a) His ministry in the Synagogue (4:14-30)
The Lord Jesus Christ went to the synagogue in Nazareth and read from Isa. 61:1-2a. 21
He gave His interpretation of this messianic passage, indicating that He was the fulfillment. The
Lord explained that he had fulfilled Isaiah’s prediction, and that only the believing remnant of
the widows and heathen received His forerunners, Elijah and Elisha. This caused their anger and
19 The Triune God was present at Jesus’ baptism.
20 Unknown other by his works, Aretaeus probably lived in the first century under the reign of
Nero. He wrote eight works of which De causis et signis acutorum morborum was one.
21 Christ did not say that “the day of vengeance” was occurring because He was not ushering in
the Tribulation at that time.