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Luke 4:21

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

KJV

ἤρξατο δὲ λέγειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

Cœpit autem dicere ad illos : Quia hodie impleta est hæc scriptura in auribus vestris.

Vulgate

And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.

ASV

And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γραφή
graphe
noun · 50×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖς
ous
noun · 36×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σήμερον
semeron
adverb · 41×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§436The word "Christ" comes from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, which means "anointed". It became the name proper to Jesus only because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission that "Christ" signifies. In effect, in Israel those consecrated to God for a mission that he gave were anointed in his name. This was the case for kings, for priests and, in rare instances,…
§1286In the Old Testament the prophets announced that the Spirit of the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission.90 The descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism by John was the sign that this was he who was to come, the Messiah, the Son of God.91 He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total commun…
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. Christ himself read these words in the synagogue at Nazareth and declared "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." Calvin shows that the anointing of the Messiah by the Spirit is the foundation of his prophetic, priestly, and kingly office. He comes to bind…

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:16 — But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
  • Acts 2:29 — Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
  • Acts 3:18 — But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
  • John 4:25 — The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
  • John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • Luke 3:22 — And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
  • Luke 10:23 — And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
  • Matt 13:14 — And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: