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 Living Translation (NLT)Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

Context of Luke 4:21

19To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” 20Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your 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

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 10:23Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;
• Matthew 13:14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;
• John 4:25The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
• John 5:39You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
• Acts 2:16But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
• Acts 3:18But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

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