Luke 4:19
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,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
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,
21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
- KJV
- To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
- WEB
- and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
- ASV
- To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
- DARBY
- to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.
- BLB
- to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
- ÅB
- for å forkynne et velbehagelig år fra Herren.
- OTB
- for å forkynne et nådens år fra Herren.»
- B1930
- for å forkynne et velbehagelig år fra Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 61:2
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
Read in contextIsaiah 63:4
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
Read in contextLuke 19:42
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:50–54
He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:8–13
And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Read in contextNumbers 36:4
And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
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