But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [267]} to read; let them learn from that!’
Luke 4:17 - Easy To Read Version The book of Isaiah the prophet {\cf2\super [71]} was given to him. Jesus opened the book and found the place where this is written: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written, [Isa. 61:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, Common English Bible The synagogue assistant gave him the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: Catholic Public Domain Version And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written: |
But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [267]} to read; let them learn from that!’
Jesus traveled to Nazareth, the town where he grew up. On the Sabbath day {\cf2\super [69]} he went to the synagogue {\cf2\super [70]} like he always did. Jesus stood up to read.
“The Spirit of the Lord (God) has come to me.\par God chose me to tell good news to people\par that are poor.\par God sent me to tell people who are\par prisoners that they are free,\par and to tell the blind people\par that they can see again.\par God sent me to free the weak people\par from their suffering\par
Jesus closed the book. He gave the book back to the helper and sat down. Every person in the synagogue {\cf2\super [72]} watched Jesus closely.
The law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [257]} were read. Then the leaders of the synagogue sent a message to Paul and Barnabas: “Brothers, if you have something to say that will help the people here, please speak!”
The \{Jews\} living in Jerusalem and the Jewish leaders did not realize that \{Jesus\} was the Savior. The words that the prophets {\cf2\super [268]} wrote \{about Jesus\} were read to the Jews every Sabbath day, {\cf2\super [269]} but they did not understand. The Jews condemned Jesus. When they did this, they made the words of the prophets come true!
But God turned against them. God finished trying to stop them from worshiping the army \{of false gods\} in the sky. This is what is written in the book of the prophets {\cf2\super [142]} : God says,