Luke 4:18 NKJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Healing the broken-hearted. We have a supreme want, but we have a Divine remedy. I. THE BROKEN HUMAN HEART . There are two things which break hearts: 1 . One is intolerable shame ; the shame which comes from a crushing sense of sin; it may be of flagrant sin, such as commands the deep indignation and strong censure of our fellowmen, and involves the loss of our own self-respect; or it may be a sense of that common sin of which all the souls of men are guilty in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Spiritual bondage and Christian freedom. Who does not pity the captive? Saddening to the sympathetic heart is the thought of the man who is confined within his lonely and dreary cell, shut in from the beauties and melodies of nature, excluded from the haunts of men, debarred from all the activities of busy life, unable to enter his own home, compelled to unwilling solitude and separation from those he loves! There is no prayer that we breathe with a finer or fuller feeling than the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Spiritual blindness. "The recovering of sight to the blind." We think of— I. THE BADNESS OF BLINDNESS , and its degrees. "It must be very bad to be blind," we say; probably we but faintly realize what it means. 1 . It is bad to be physically blind—to look on no scenery, to read no book, to behold no countenance, to recognize no love in a human face, to grope our way in the thick darkness. 2 . It is worse to be mentally blind—to see, and not to see; to open the eyes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The bruised. "To set at liberty them that are bruised." And who may they be who are thus characterized? and in what way does Jesus Christ meet their especial need? I. BRUISED SOULS . We find these in: 1 . Those who are chafed with the worries of life; whose disposition is such, or whose circumstances are such, that they are harassed and fretted by a multitude of minor conflicts with men and things; who are in danger of losing or have lost their mental equilibrium as the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me - Or, I speak by divine appointment. I am divinely inspired to speak. There can be no doubt that the passage in Isaiah had a principal reference to the Messiah. Our Saviour directly applies it to himself, and it is not easily applicable to any other prophet. Its first application might have been to the restoration of the Jews from Babylon; but the language of prophecy is often applicable to two similar events, and the secondary event is often the most... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:17-19

Luke 4:17-19. There was delivered to him the book of Esaias A paragraph of the law having, according to custom, been read before. See on Acts 13:15. When he had opened the book Αναπτυξας , having unrolled the volume of the book. The books of the ancients, as is well known, consisted of one long sheet of paper or parchment, which they rolled up neatly on a round piece of wood. When a book of this kind was to be read, they unrolled it gradually as they read it, and put what was read... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 4:16-30

26. The synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30)Soon after returning to Galilee, Jesus visited his home town of Nazareth. Being a genuine God-fearing Israelite, he went on the Sabbath to join with other Jews in worshipping God at the synagogue. In keeping with the synagogue custom of standing to read and sitting to preach, Jesus stood and read Isaiah 61:1-2, then sat down and explained how the passage applied to him. He was the Messiah who brought God’s salvation to a world oppressed by sin (Luke... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 4:18

The Spirit . The Article is understood, in English. See Luke 4:1 . upon . Greek. epi. App-104 . because = on account of which. anointed Me . Hence His name "Christ". Compare Acts 10:38 . preach the gospel = announce the glad tidings (see verses: Luk 43:44 ). See App-121 . Note the sevenfold Prophecy ( App-10 ). poor. App-127 . sent. App-174 . to heal the broken-hearted. All the texts omit this clause. to preach = to proclaim. See App-121 . deliverance. Greek aphesis. Compare Luke... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 4:17-19

Luke 4:17-19. When he had opened the book, &c.— Αναπτυξας το βιβλιου, unrolling the volume. The sacred books were written anciently on skins of parchment, and sewed together; and the books thus written were rolled up into volumes, like the Pentateuchs used by the modern Jews in their synagogues. The reader will find a full account of them in Jones's Vindicationof St. Matthew's Gospel, ch. 15. As the scriptures were read in order, the passage of the prophet Isaiah which fell of course to be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:18

18, 19. To have fixed on any passage announcing His sufferings (as :-), would have been unsuitable at that early stage of His ministry. But He selects a passage announcing the sublime object of His whole mission, its divine character, and His special endowments for it; expressed in the first person, and so singularly adapted to the first opening of the mouth in His prophetic capacity, that it seems as if made expressly for this occasion. It is from the well-known section of Isaiah's prophecies... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:17-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 4:16-30

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 4:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 4:17-19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:18

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