Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them.
Luke 4:17 - Modern King James Version And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was 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: |
Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them.
Even David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And, as His custom was, He went in to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,
And rolling up the book, returning it to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.
And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brothers, if you have any word of comfort for the people, speak.
For those living in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this One, and the voices of the Prophets being read throughout every sabbath, condemning Him, they fulfilled the Scriptures.
Then God turned and gave them over to serve the host of the heavens, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: "O house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness?