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LUKE 4:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 4:42Luke 4:44
“And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.”
But he said, I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent — I must (dei, divine necessity): the mission's compulsion overrides the crowd's preference. The other towns also need the proclamation — the kingdom's arrival cannot be contained in one location. Because that is why I was sent: the mission is not self-chosen but given — Jesus is the sent one, commissioned by the Father.

Church Fathers on Luke 4:43

When he had bestowed sufficient favor upon the people by miracles, it was necessary for Him to depart. For miracles are always thought greater when the worker is gone, since they themselves are then the more heeded, and have in their turn a voice; as it is said, But when it was as day, he departed, and went.

Chrysostom · 4th century

He went also into the desert, as Mark says, and prayed; not that he needed prayer, but as an example to us of good works.

GREEK EX ·

But if the sun-setting mystically expresses the death of our Lord, the returning day denotes His resurrection, (the light of which being made manifest, He is sought for by the multitudes of believers, and being found in the desert of the Gentiles He is held back by them, lest He should depart;) especially as this took place on the first day of the week, on which day the Resurrection was celebrated.

Bede · 8th century
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