Luke 4:19

and to proclaim the time of the Lord's favor.”

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In The King James Version

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

In Context

18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to announce good news to the destitute. He has sent me to proclaim that prisoners will be released, the blind will see, the oppressed will be freed,

20He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant. Then he sat down. Everybody in the synagogue was staring at him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:50The person concerned and their buyer will work out the time from the year of the sale up to the Jubilee Year. The price will depend on the number of years, calculated using the daily rate for a paid worker.

Isaiah 61:2to declare the year of the Lord's grace and the day of our God's punishment, to comfort those who mourn.

Luke 19:42“I really wish today that you, even you, had known the path that leads to peace!” he said. “But now it's 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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