Luke 4:19

to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

In Context

18“ The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, 1 because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; 1 He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, 1 to proclaim liberty to the captives 1 and recovery of sight to the blind, 1 to set at liberty those who are oppressed; 1

20And having rolled up the scroll, when He had given it to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were looking intently at Him.

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Cross References

Luke 19:42saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things pertaining to your peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 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. 16 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. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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