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Text -- Luke 4:16-30 (NET)
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Rejection at Nazareth
4:16 Now Jesus came to Nazareth , where he had been brought up , and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day , as was his custom . He stood up to read ,
4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him . He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written ,
4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor . He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind , to set free those who are oppressed ,
4:19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor .”
4:20 Then he rolled up the scroll , gave it back to the attendant , and sat down . The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him .
4:21 Then he began to tell them , “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read .”
4:22 All were speaking well of him , and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth . They said , “Isn’t this Joseph’s son ?”
4:23 Jesus said to them , “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb , ‘Physician , heal yourself !’ and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum , do here in your hometown too .’”
4:24 And he added , “I tell you the truth , no prophet is acceptable in his hometown .
4:25 But in truth I tell you , there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days , when the sky was shut up three and a half years , and there was a great famine over all the land .
4:26 Yet Elijah was sent to none of them , but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon .
4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha , yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian .”
4:28 When they heard this , all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage .
4:29 They got up , forced him out of the town , and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built , so that they could throw him down the cliff .
4:30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Nazareth |
Synagogue |
Capernaum |
Jesus, The Christ |
Law |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Jonah, Book of |
Word of God |
Instruction |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
ODED |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Book |
Zarephath |
Naaman |
Prophets |
Gospel |
Minister |
Predestination |
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NET Notes -> Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:17; Luk 4:17; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:19; Luk 4:19; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:28; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:30; Luk 4:30
NET Notes: Luk 4:16 In normative Judaism of the period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present. See the Mishnah, m. Megillah...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:17 Grk “opening,” but a scroll of this period would have to be unrolled. The participle ἀναπτύξα`...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:18 Again, as with the previous phrases, oppressed may well mean more than simply political or economic oppression, but a deeper reality of oppression by ...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:19 A quotation from Isa 61:1-2a. Within the citation is a line from Isa 58:6, with its reference to setting the oppressed free.
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NET Notes: Luk 4:22 The form of the question assumes a positive reply. It really amounts to an objection, as Jesus’ response in the next verses shows. Jesus spoke s...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:24 Jesus argues that he will get no respect in his own hometown. There is a wordplay here on the word acceptable (δεκτός, d...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:25 Grk “as.” The particle ὡς can also function temporally (see BDAG 1105-6 s.v. 8).
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NET Notes: Luk 4:27 The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the m...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:29 The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prop...
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