Luke 4:19-21 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

The visit of Christ to Nazareth. The Lord is in Galilee, slowly moving from place to place, always in the character of Teacher, and always winning the applause of those who throng the synagogues. It is the period of unbroken popularity, short but, so long as it lasts, complete. His face is towards his native place, foreseeing and, as we are reminded, foretelling that the tide will receive its first check there. The visit is in many ways significant. I. IT REMINDS US OF A DUTY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

Christ's sermon in Nazareth. The temptation of Christ strengthened all the graces within him, so that he felt himself prepared, on returning from the wilderness, for public work. Luke does not take us, as John does in his Gospel, back to the Jordan; nor does he take us to the marriage in Cana of Galilee, where the wonderful works began ( John 2:1-13 ). He prefers to sum up for us his early Galilaean ministry in two verses, before proceeding to a detailed account of his visit to Nazareth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:20

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down . This was the usual position adopted by a Jewish preacher. The chair of the preacher was placed near the spot where the lesson was read. These synagogues were built with the end pointed towards Jerusalem, in which direction the Jew ever loved to turn as he prayed ( Daniel 6:10 ). The men sat on one side of the building, the women on the other. There was always at the end of the chamber an ark of wood, a memory of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:19

To peach the acceptable year of the Lord - The time when God is willing to accept of people, or to receive sinners coming to him. The gospel assures us that the guilty “may” return, and that God will graciously receive them. There is, perhaps, here, an allusion to the year of jubilee - the fiftieth year, when the trumpet was blown, and through the whole land proclamation was made of the liberty of Hebrew slaves, of the remission of debts, and of the restoration of possessions to their original... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:20

And he closed the book - That is, he rolled it up again. See the notes at Luke 4:17.And he gave it again to the minister - That is, to the one in the synagogue who had charge of the books. The word means “servant,” and the office was not much unlike that of a sexton now. It was his duty, among other things, to take charge of the books, to hand them to the reader of the law, and then return them to their place.And sat down - This was usual in speaking in their synagogues. See the notes at... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:21

This scripture - This writing, or this part of the Scriptures.Fulfilled - It is coming to pass; the thing originally intended by it is about to be accomplished.In your ears - In your “hearing;” or you hear, in my preaching, the fulfillment of this prophecy. It is probable that he said much “more” than is here recorded, but Luke has preserved only the “substance” of his discourse. This was the “amount” or “sum”” of his sermon, or his explanation of the passage, that it was now receiving its... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:20-21

Luke 4:20-21 . And he closed the book, and gave it again to the minister Τω υπηρετη , to the servant, who had brought it to him. “From the manner in which we apply the word minister, in speaking of our churches, the English reader is apt to be led into a mistake by the common version, and to consider the word here as meaning the person who presided in the service; whereas it denotes only a subordinate officer, who attended the minister, and obeyed his orders in what concerned the more... 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 4:19

the acceptable year = the welcome year. Either the Jubilee year (Leviticus 26:8-17 ), or on account of the Lord's ministry commencing then. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:14-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 4:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 4:21

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 4:20-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 4:16-30

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 4:19

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