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Luke 4:16 KJV
Luke · chapter 4 · verse 16
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Luke 4:16 · King James Version
Luke 4:16 in context
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- synagoguesynagōgēa bringing together, gathering , a contracting, in the NT, an assembling together of men…G4864 →
- NazarethnazaraNazareth = "the guarded one", the ordinary residence and home town of ChristG3478 →
- sabbathsabbatonthe seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were…G4521 →
- customethōto be accustomed, used, wont, that which is wont, usage, customG1486 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- wenteiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
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After Christ had vanquished the evil spirit, he made it appear how much he was under the influence of the good Spirit; and, having defended himself against the devil's assaults, he now begins to act offensively, and to make those attacks upon him, by his preaching and miracles, which he could not resist or repel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-30