Luke 4:21

Luke 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
• New International Version (NIV)He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Context of Luke 4:21

19to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord. 20And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him. And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears. 22And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph? 23And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

Luke 4:21 word by word

ἤρξατο δὲ λέγειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear

• beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• scriptureγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• earsοὖςous · earG3775

Cross-references for Luke 4:21

• Luke 10:23And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
• Matthew 13:14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
• John 4:25The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.
• John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;
• Acts 2:16but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,
• Acts 3:18but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

Commentaries on Luke 4:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21This 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him and on him, without measure. By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to bring light to those that sat in the dark, and by the power of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21is fulfilled: Jesus announced that his presence marked the new age of salvation (God’s saving work among his people). Today: Compare 2:11; 5:26; 19:9; 23:43.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. began to say, &c.--His whole address was just a detailed application to Himself of this and perhaps other like prophecies.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:21

• Instruction
• Jesus, the Christ
• Nazareth
• Synagogue
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Capernaum
• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
• Isaiah, The Book of
• Keep
• Rebuke
• Temptation
• Christ, Offices of
• Holy Spirit

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings