Luca 4:21

21 Ed egli prese a dir loro: Questa scrittura è oggi adempiuta ne’ vostri orecchi.

Luca 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:21

And he began to say unto them
To preach from those words; the explanation of which he gave, though not here recorded, and applied them to himself, to whom they belonged, saying:

this day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears;
which is as if he should say, I am the person here spoken of; and at this present time the Spirit of God is upon me; I am anointed with the Holy Ghost, and now preach glad tidings to you, and all the good things here mentioned, and for the several ends proposed; and this Scripture has its full accomplishment which has been read unto you, and you have heard this day. So the Syriac version renders it, (Nwkyndabd) , "which is in your ears"; that is, which you have now heard. The Jews themselves acknowledge, that these words are spoken of the Messiah. One of their writers ^F9 says,

``these are the words of the prophet with respect to the Messiah; for the Messiah shall say so, "because the Lord hath anointed me"''

And so said the true Messiah Jesus. Another of them expresses himself thus ^F11:

``these are the words of the prophet with respect to the Messiah; for the Messiah shall say thus, "because the Lord hath anointed me" or they are the words of the prophet concerning himself.''

And elsewhere it is said by them ^F12,

``the holy, blessed God, will send his Messiah to us, and he shall be worthy of this, (i.e. the character of a meek person) as it is said, ( Isaiah 61:1 ) "he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the meek."''

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. rad. (xvm)
F11 R. Sol. Hamelec in Miclol Yophi in loc.
F12 Juchaain, fol. 69. 1.

Luca 4:21 In-Context

19 per bandir liberazione a’ prigioni, e racquisto della vista a’ ciechi; per mandarne in libertà i fiaccati, e per predicar l’anno accettevole del Signore.

20 Poi, ripiegato il libro, e rendutolo al ministro, si pose a sedere; e gli occhi di tutti coloro ch’erano nella sinagoga erano affissati in lui.

21 Ed egli prese a dir loro: Questa scrittura è oggi adempiuta ne’ vostri orecchi.

22 E tutti gli rendevano testimonianza, e si maravigliavano delle parole di grazia che procedevano dalla sua bocca, e dicevano: Non è costui il figliuol di Giuseppe?

23 Ed egli disse loro: Del tutto voi mi direte questo proverbio: Medico, cura te stesso; fa’ eziandio qui, nella tua patria, tutte le cose che abbiamo udite essere state fatte in Capernaum.