Luke 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he began to say unto them,This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. ”

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

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 “h...
Luke 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus in Nazareth ( Mark 1:14 f.*, Matthew 4:12-17 *, Mark 6:1-6 *, Matthew 13:53-58 *). Lk. brings Jesus to Galilee, but, anxious to make the mission begin in His own town, departs from Mk....
Luke 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to say unto them , &c.. to say to them that (Greek. hoti) This day, &c. Note the force of "that", and see note on Luke 19:9 ; Mark 14:30 (where hoti is used), and contrast Luke 22:...
Luke 4:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. Today is fulfilled Christ did not merely affirm in a few words, but proved by a reference to facts, that the time was now come, when it was the will of God to restore his ruined church....
Luke 4:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1485 OUR LORD’S FIRST SERMON AT NAZARETH Luke 4:21-22 . And he began to say unto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the...
Luke 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And sat down.— In agreement with the custom which we have spoken of at the end of the note on Luke 4:16 our Lord sat down to preach, after he had read the passage in the prophet which he made t...
Luke 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And he began to say unto them - language implying that only the substance, or even the general drift, of His...
Luke 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Temptation. Nazareth. Capernaum 1-13. The Temptation ( Matthew 4:1 ; Mark 1:12 ). See on Mt.
Luke 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This day is this scripture fulfilled. — It is obvious that we have here only the opening, words of the sermon preached on the text from Isaiah. There must have been more than this, remembered too v...
Luke 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 THE GOSPEL OF THE JUBILEE. IMMEDIATELY after the Temptation Jesus returned "in the power of the Spirit," and with all the added strength of His recent victories, to Galilee. Into what p...
Luke 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“His Own Received Him Not” Luke 4:14-30 A wide gap occurs here, embracing the important transactions of John 1:29-51 ; John 2:1-25 ; John 3:1-36 ; John 4:1-54 . What a flutter in Mary's he...
Luke 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As man Jesus was tempted. All the words with which He rebutted the attacks of Satan were quotations from the divine law for the government of human life. The exhaustive nature of the temptation is re...
Luke 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. (15) And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. (...
Luke 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PROPHECY FULFILLED ‘This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.’ Luke 4:21 Jesus had returned to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. It was now some months since He had left His h...
Luke 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he began to say unto them ,.... To preach from those words; the explanation of which he gave, though not here recorded, and applied them to himself, to whom they belonged, saying: this day is...
Luke 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Ver. 21. This day is this scripture, &c. ] This the sum of his sermon, as were also the prophecies we read, t...
Luke 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 churche...
Luke 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL (vs.1-13) The Father having pronounced His delight in His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In Mark 1:...
Luke 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: an...
Luke 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 4:20 "
Luke 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Reveals Himself As The Spirit Anointed Prophet of Isaiah (4:16-21). In this next passage Jesus reveals that the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah concerning the coming anointed Prophet is...
Luke 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 4:14 . Returned .— I.e. from Judæa. Galilee .—The main centre of our Lord’s ministry (cf. Acts 10:37 ; Luke 23:5 ). In the power of the Spirit .—Fresh strength gained fr...
Luke 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:19-21 Jesus read the prophets' testimony regarding God's goodness, and then closed the book, hiding the severity under the parchment folds. He preached on one half of a clause; did He inten...
Luke 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:14 . And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: Ah, dear brethren, if our Lord Jesus needed «the power of the Spirit», how much more do you and I need it! We have no power...
Luke 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:2 . Being tempted forty days he afterward hungered. During this space he lived like Moses on the mount, conversing with the Father in all the glories of his kingdom. His humanity was renova...
Luke 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor The acceptable year of the Lord Every Christian would wish to know what were the first words spok...
Luke 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 4:1-42 THE TEMPTATION . The consecration of our Lord in his baptism was immediately followed by what is known as his temptation. It is, perhaps, the most mysterious and...
Luke 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The sermon and its effect:
Luke 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:16-18 ; Acts 2:29-33 ; Acts 3:18 ; John 4:25 ; John 4:26 ; John 5:39 ; Luke 10:23 ; Luke 10:24 ; Matthew 13:14
Luke 4:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ, the Lover of Men Luke 4:14-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The endeavor in this study will be to seek the heart of the Saviour, discovering His attitude toward different classes of men among who...
Luke 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To — day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears — By what you hear me speak.

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

Luke 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 4:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 4:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes