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This is the way Jesus approaches a passage in Isaiah (Luke 4:17–20). At first, His interpretation will be accepted (Luke 4:22). Unfortunately, when Jesus speaks about taking God's message to Gentiles, the crowd turns on Him (Luke 4:28–30).
What does Luke 4:16 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
- Overview
- Introduction
- I. Preach The Gospel to The Poor
- II. Proclaim Release to The Captives
- III. Proclaim Recovery of Sight to The Blind
- IV. Set Free The Downtrodden
- Conclusion
Our text gives tells us about the mission of Christ. His mission was to reach out to the poor, to deliver the captives, to restore sight to the blind, and to lift up the downtrodden. This mission is as relevant today as it was then. We should commit ourselves to fulfilling His mission.
1. Citizens All of us are citizens of this world. Unfortunately, in this world millions of people suffer. They experience the devastation of war, the sorrows of oppression, the decimation of disease, the slow death of starvation, and the indignity of poverty. Beyond the physical conditions, millions of people live in spiritual darkness. They are cr...
1. The Poor Jesus is deeply concerned about poor people. Here, Jesus means those who are impoverished economically. Does this mean that He is not concerned about the wealthy or the common people who are not poor? No, it does not. He just did not have to express that concern here. His audience would have understood that a leader would be concerned a...
1. The Captives Jesus is concerned about captives. According to Robertson, the captives are those who have been captured at spear point. We can think of them as prisoners of war. During His days on earth, Jesus was concerned primarily with those who were enslaved by Satan. They were prisoners of Satan in a spiritual war. Millions of people today ar...
1. The Blind Jesus is concerned about blind people. The primary reference no doubt was to people who were physically blind. However, we cannot overlook the spiritually blind. When you sit and listen to the commentators of the world, the talk shows, you know that millions are spiritually blind. They have not idea of spiritual truth. The eyes of thei...
1. The Downtrodden Jesus is concerned about the downtrodden. Who are they? They are the ones who have been bruised by life. The Greek verb means to break into pieces. The bruising can be both in body and in spirit. Many are broken and crushed spiritually and physically. Here, Jesus refers primarily to being downtrodden and bruised by others. We are...
1. Favorable Year Verse 19 will provide our conclusion. Jesus was anointed to “proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” It may be that Lev. 25:8-13provides the Old Testament precedent for what Jesus would do. In Old Testament times, every fiftieth year was a year of jubilee. A trumpet was blown. Throughout the whole land, the liberty of Hebrew sla...
Jan 13, 2017 · This is the text. verses 16 – 22 tell a story of good news. Jesus visits his home town. He’s a good Jewish boy, so he goes to the synagogue. He already has a reputation of being a teacher and miracle worker, so they ask him to teach. He chooses a passage from Isaiah 61. The people are very familiar with this.
Font Size. Passage. Resources. Hebrew/Greek. Your Content. Luke 4:16-21. Amplified Bible. 16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him.
Luke 4:16 Meaning and Commentary. Luke 4:16. And he came to Nazareth. After some length of time, when he had gone through all Galilee, and had acquired great credit and reputation by his ministry and miracles; he came to the place, where he had been brought up: where he was conceived, though not born; and where he had his education, and wrought ...
So 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 to read.
