Luke 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke 4:21 in other translations
| BSB | and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” |
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| WEB | He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” |
| ASV | And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. |
| YLT | And he began to say unto them--‘To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;' |
| DARBY | And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears. |
| BBE | Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing. |
| Webster | And he began to say to them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. |
What does Luke 4:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Fulfilled. It is coming to pass; the thing originally intended by it is about to be accomplished.
In your ears. In your hearing; or you hear, in my preaching, the fulfillment of this prophecy. It is probable that he said much more than is here recorded, but Luke has preserved only the substance of his discourse. This was the amount or sum of his sermon, or his explanation of the passage, that it was now receiving its accomplishment.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:14-30
Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him and on him, without measure. By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to bring light to those that sat in the…
Luke 4:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 4:21
- John 4:25-26
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
- 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.
- Matthew 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:
- Luke 10:23-24
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
- Acts 2:16-18
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
- John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- Acts 2:29-33
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. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. …
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Context
- Luke 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
- Luke 4:22
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
Luke 4:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y comenzó á decirles: Hoy se ha cumplido esta Escritura en vuestros oídos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il se mit à leur dire: Aujourd’hui cette écriture est accomplie, vous l’entendant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er fing aber an, zu ihnen zu sagen: Heute ist diese Schrift vor euren Ohren erfüllt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cœpit autem dicere ad illos: Quia hodie impleta est hæc scriptura in auribus vestris. |