Luke 4:17
New International Version
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

New Living Translation
The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

English Standard Version
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Berean Standard Bible
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

Berean Literal Bible
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

King James Bible
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

New King James Version
And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

New American Standard Bible
And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

NASB 1995
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

NASB 1977
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Amplified Bible
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Christian Standard Bible
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

American Standard Version
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the scroll of Isaiah the Prophet was given to him and Yeshua opened the scroll and he found the place where it is written:

Contemporary English Version
he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. He opened it and read,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:

English Revised Version
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The attendant gave him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it read:

Good News Translation
and was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it is written,

International Standard Version
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

Literal Standard Version
and there was given over to Him a scroll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the scroll, He found the place where it has been written:

Majority Standard Bible
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

New American Bible
and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:

NET Bible
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

New Revised Standard Version
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

New Heart English Bible
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

Weymouth New Testament
And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

World English Bible
The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

Young's Literal Translation
and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

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Context
The Rejection at Nazareth
16Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, 17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written: 18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,…

Cross References
Luke 4:16
Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Luke 4:20
Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

Luke 16:29
But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.'


Treasury of Scripture

And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

the book.

Luke 20:42
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Acts 13:15,27
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on…

he had.

the place.

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; …

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Luke 4
1. The fasting and temptation of Jesus.
14. He begins to preach.
16. The people of Nazareth marvel at words, but seek to kill him.
33. He cures one possessed of a demon,
38. Peter's mother-in-law,
40. and various other sick persons.
41. The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are reproved for it.
42. He preaches through the cities of Galilee.














(17) The book of the prophet Esaias.--The Law--i.e., the Pentateuch--was commonly written on one long roll. The other books, in like manner--singly or combined, according to their length--were written on rolls of parchment, and were unrolled from the cylinder to which they were fastened. Here, it is clear, Isaiah formed a roll by itself. It is a natural inference from the fact that it was given to Him, that it contained the prophetic lesson for the day. In the calendar of modern Jews, the lessons from Isaiah run parallel with those from Deuteronomy. The chapter which He read stands as the second lesson for the day of Atonement. We cannot prove that the existing order obtained in the time of our Lord's ministry, but everything in Judaism rests mainly on old traditions; and there is therefore nothing extravagant in the belief that it was on the day of Atonement that the great Atoner thus struck what was the key-note of His whole work.

When he had opened the book.--Better, when He had unrolled.

Verse 17. - And there was delivered unto him the Book of the Prophet Esaias. In the sabbath service there were two lessons read. The first was always taken from the Pentateuch (the Law). The five books of Moses were written on parchment, (usually) between two rollers, and the day's lesson was left unrolled for the reader's convenience. The Prophets were on single rollers, no special portion being left open. It has been suggested that the great and famous Messianic passage read by our Lord was the lesson for the day. This is quite uncertain; indeed, it is more probable that Jesus, when the roll of Isaiah was handed to him by the ruler of the synagogue, specially selected the section containing this passage.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[the] scroll of
βιβλίον (biblion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 975: A papyrus roll. A diminutive of biblos; a roll.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophet
προφήτου (prophētou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

Isaiah
Ἠσαΐου (Ēsaiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2268: Isaiah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hesaias, an Israelite.

was handed
ἐπεδόθη (epedothē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1929: (a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind). From epi and didomi; to give over.

to Him.
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Unrolling
ἀναπτύξας (anaptyxas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 380: To unroll, roll back, unfold. From ana and ptusso; to unroll.

[it],
βιβλίον (biblion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 975: A papyrus roll. A diminutive of biblos; a roll.

He found
εὗρεν (heuren)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

place
τόπον (topon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5117: Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.

where
οὗ (hou)
Adverb
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

it was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

written:
γεγραμμένον (gegrammenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.


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