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 announce the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue watched him closely. Then he said to them, “This passage came true today when you heard me read it.” 22All the people spoke well of him. They were amazed to hear the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” 23So he said to them, “You’ll probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ and then say to me, ‘Do all the things in your hometown that we’ve heard you’ve done in Capernaum.’ ”

Luke 4:21 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• This dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• isπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• scriptureὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• scriptureγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• earsοὖςous · earG3775

Cross-references for Luke 4:21

• Luke 10:23He turned to his disciples in private and said to them, “How blessed you are to see what you’ve seen.
• Matthew 13:14So they make Isaiah’s prophecy come true: ‘You will hear clearly but never understand. You will see clearly but never comprehend.
• John 4:25The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything.” (Messiah is the one called Christ.)
• John 5:39You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf.
• Acts 2:16Rather, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
• Acts 3:18But in this way God made the sufferings of his Messiah come true. God had predicted these sufferings through all the prophets.

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