Bare him witness (εμαρτυρουν). Imperfect active, perhaps inchoative. They all began to bear witness that the rumours were not exag…

All bare him witness. All were witnesses of the power and truth of what he said. Their reason and conscience approved of it, and they were…

The gracious words.—Literally, the words of grace. It is noticeable that the latter noun does not occur at all in St. Mat…

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he …

St. John Chrysostom: When our Lord came to Nazareth, He refrained from miracles to avoid provoking the people to even greater …

The audience appears to have responded first with a positive attitude to Jesus’ words. They “were amazed,” an expression that does not indicate cle…

And all gave testimony to him. Here Luke draws our attention, first, to the truly divine grace, which breathed in the lips of Christ, and …

And all bare him witness
That he was right in applying the words to the Messiah; but not that he himself was the Mes…

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…