“And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.”
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside — the return to Galilee in the power of the Spirit is the transition from the wilderness testing to the public ministry. The power of the Spirit (en tē dynamei tou pneumatos) communicates that the forty-day testing has not weakened but confirmed the Spirit's empowerment. News spreading through the whole countryside anticipates the Galilean ministry's geographic reach.
Church Fathers on Luke 4:14
The Lord having overcome the tempter, power was added to Him, i.e. as far as regards the manifestation of it. Hence it is said, And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit.
By the power of the Spirit he means showing forth of miracles.
Now He performed miracles not from any external power, and from having as it were the acquired grace of the Holy Spirit, as other saints, but rather as being by nature the Son of God, and partaking of all things which are the Father’s, He exercises as by His own power and operation that grace which is of the Holy Spirit. But it was right that from that time He should become known, and that the mystery of His humanity should shine forth among those who were of the seed of…
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