Luke 4:31

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit

31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

Luke 4:31 in Other Translations

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

31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,

31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.

31 He went down to Capernaum, a village in Galilee. He was teaching the people on the Sabbath.

31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

Luke 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:31

And came down to Capernaum
Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill:

a city of Galilee:
of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee:

and taught them on the sabbath days:
that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old Testament, as he had done at Nazareth and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel.

Luke 4:31 In-Context

29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff.

30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

32 They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.

33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,

Cross References

• 1. ver 23; S Matthew 4:13