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NASB | Luke 4:23 And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 4:23 So He said to them, "You will no doubt quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal Yourself! Whatever [miracles] that we heard were done [by You] in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well.'" |
Subject: Truly this Man was the Son of God.Mk 15 |
Bible Note: Interesting comparison, Ray! The Nelson NKJV Study Bible is unique in that it is my only source that attempts to answer this very question.. "Physician, heal yourself: The request for more signs was for Jesus to prove His claim by repeating the type of miraculous work He had done in Capernaum (see Mark 1:21-27). Such requests for signs often contained a mocking tone (Luke 11:16; 22:64; 23:8,35-37,39)." Jesus said that his generation looks for a 'sign', but the only sign that will be given to it is the sign of Jonah.. (Matt. 12:39-41) Even one of the prisoners on the cross ridiculed Jesus in this way.. Jesus very well could have 'saved Himself' from the cross of sin and death, but he voluntarily did this so that you and I could be truly 'made right' with God! Yet the people said (in His hearing), "You saved others, why can't You save Yourself??" But they had no idea that He was dying for them (those very scoffers), so that they could be made right with God Himself. For the Great Physician Himself said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.." This spiritual 'ignorance' on the part of humanity could apply to any generation that looks for a sign, for "blessed are those who do not see and yet believe".. Good study, Ray! |