<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4:25&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">And great crowds followed him, those from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Luke makes the point that His popularity was not only because of the miracles, but because of His teaching. Lk. 4:22 records how people were amazed at the gracious words He spoke; there was something very unusual in His manner of speaking. Because of the gracious words and manner of speaking of Jesus, therefore God so highly exalted Him (Ps. 45:2). The Father was&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">so&nbsp;</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">impressed with the words of His Son. Evidently there must have been something totally outstanding about His use of language. God highly exalted Him because He so loved righteousness and hated wickedness (Ps. 45:7), and yet also because of His manner of speaking (Ps. 45:2); so this&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">love&nbsp;</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">of righteousness and hatred of evil was what made His words so special. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>