Luke 4:22

And everyone was speaking well of him, and they were amazed at the divrei Chen coming out of his mouth and they were saying, Can this be Ben Yosef?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

In Context

21And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach began to speak to them, Hayom (today) this dvar of the Kitvei Hakodesh has been fulfilled in your hearing.

23And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Muz zain (no doubt) you will speak this mashal to me: Rofeh, heal yourself. Everything we heard that happened in K'far-Nachum, do also here in your shtetl.

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Cross References

Psalms 45:2My lev is stirred with davar tov; 1 I speak my verses to HaMelech; 1 my leshon (tongue) is the et (pen, stylus) 1 of a sofer mahir (ready scribe, skillful writer). 1

Proverbs 10:32The sfatayim (lips) of the tzaddik know what is ratzon (acceptable), 1 but the peh (mouth) of the resha'im speaketh tahpukhot (perversity).

Proverbs 25:11A word aptly spoken is like 1 tapukhim (apples) of zahav in settings of kesef. 1

Song of Solomon 5:16His mouth is most sweet; 1 yea, he is machamaddim (altogether desirable). + 5:16 See Song 2:3; Hag 2:7 says Moshiach is the Desired of all Nations 1 This is dodi (my beloved), and this is my friend, 1 O banot Yerushalayim. + 5:16 T.N. The next chapter is commented on extensively in the Orthodox Jewish Bible Introduction. This section is one of the most important Scriptures in the Bible because it buttresses Isa 7:14 and its foundational meaning.

Matthew 13:54And having come into Moshiachʼs shtetl, he began ministering as a moreh (teacher) in their shul, so that they were amazed and said, From where did this chochmah come to this one, this chochmah and these moftim (miracles, wonders, omens)?

Luke 2:47And all the ones listening to him where amazed at his binah and at his teshuvot (answers).

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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