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title = "Luke 4:31–37"
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date = "2022-10-31"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk4.31-37)
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When the rabbis of Jesus's time would teach, they would refer back to what
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previous teachers had said and taught as a way to establish their credentials
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and authority on a subject. Think of it as the oral equivalent of citing
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academic papers. The people of Capernaum were shocked, then, that Jesus didn't
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do this. He said things were true because He was the one who said it. Which is
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entirely appropriate for God to do, but none of the people knew that's who
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Jesus was.
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But the demon possessing a man at the synagogue knew who Jesus was, and decided
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to make a big deal about it. At this point in Jesus's ministry, He wasn't
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trying to announce His status as the Messiah. Therefore, Jesus commands the
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demon to be silent and come out of the man. When the people see this man in his
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right mind, they are again amazed at Jesus's authority.
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Because of this, Jesus's fame spreads again through Galilee, and possibly
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beyond.
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* * *
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Let us see Jesus for who He truly is, and help us to respond correctly: in
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repentance and faith.
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