Luke 4:19

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

In Context

18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,

20And having closed the book, and giving it back to the officer, He sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

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Cross References

Luke 19:42saying, If thou indeed hadst known, truly in this thy day, the things appertaining to thy peace! but now they are hidden from thy 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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