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.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, [ kata (G2596 ) to (G3588 ) eioothos (G1486 ) autoo (G846 ), compare Acts 17:2 ], he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Does this read like the opening of our Lord's public ministry? Does it not expressly tell us, on the contrary, that His ministry had already continued long enough to acquire a certain uniformity of procedure on the Sabbath days? Since others besides Rabbis were allowed to address the congregation (see Acts 13:15), our Lord took advantage of that liberty.