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15 And He ataught in their synagogues, bbeing glorified by all.  

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 So He came to aNazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, bHe went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.  
17 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:
18 “Thea Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me1 to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To bset at liberty those who are oppressed; 
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is afulfilled in your hearing.”  
22 So all bore witness to Him, and amarveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, b“Is this not Joseph’s son?”  
23 He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in aCapernaum, do also here in bYour country.’ ”  
24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no aprophet is accepted in his own country.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 4:17

And when he had opened the book - , When he had unrolled it. The Sacred Writings used to this day, in all the Jewish synagogues, are written on skins of basil, parchment, or vellum, sewed end to end, and rolled on two rollers, beginning at each end; so that, in reading from right to left, they roll off with the left, while they roll on with the right. Probably the place in the Prophet Isaiah, here referred to, was the lesson for that day; and Jesus unrolled the manuscript till he came to the place: then, after having read, he rolled it up again, and returned it to the officer, Luke 4:20, the ruler of the synagogue, or his servant, whose business it was to take care of it. The place that he opened was probably the section for the day. See the table at the end of Deuteronomy, and the note at the end of that table.


 
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