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Luk 4:21. Ἤρξατο, He began) A solemn beginning. [Galilee was that region upon which Christ, the Great Light, arose in an extraordinary manner; Isa 9:2-3; Mat 4:15; Luk 4:31. As Isaiah has in an altogether graphic manner described that place, so also the time in which the Light shone on this region with such brightness, has been indicated by the same Isaiah. Jesus sojourned in Galilee throughout the whole year (referring to “the acceptable year of the Lord”) without interruption; and it was during that time that the Jews applied the new name of Galileans to His disciples; Joh 7:52; Mar 14:70. This was a year most full of grace to that most wretched nation: accordingly, Matthew, Mark, and Luke have given a description of this year more at large, whilst John supplies the journey to Jerusalem, which gave a fresh opportunity to the Galileans, who likewise frequented the feasts, of deriving no small profit from the teaching of Jesus. In fine, John by using the formula, “Jesus went up to Jerusalem” (Joh 2:13), takes for granted the more frequent sojourning of the Saviour in Galilee. In this way the Gospel history being in exact accordance both with itself and with the Old Testament, shrinks from no testing that may be applied, however rigorous.-Harm., p. 188.-σήμερον, this day) The Saviour passed a full year in Galilee, reckoning from that day; comp. Luk 4:43 with Luk 4:44.-V. g.]