Luke 4:17

Lexham English Bible

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

King James Version (1611)
And there was deliuered vnto him the booke of the Prophet Esaias, and when he had opened the Booke, he found the place where it was written,

King James Version
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,

English Standard Version
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

New American Standard Bible
And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

New Century Version
The book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. He opened the book and found the place where this is written:

Amplified Bible
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Berean Standard Bible
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

Contemporary English Version
he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. He opened it and read,

Complete Jewish Bible
and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha‘yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

Darby Translation
And [the] book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,

Easy-to-Read Version
The book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. He opened the book and found the place where this is written:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there was deliuered vnto him the booke of the Prophet Esaias: and when hee had opened the booke, hee founde the place, where it was written,

George Lamsa Translation
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is written,

Good News Translation
and was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it is written,

Literal Translation
And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was written:

American Standard Version
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,

Bible in Basic English
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

Hebrew Names Version
The book of the prophet Yesha`yahu was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

International Standard Version
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

Etheridge Translation
And there was given to him the book of Eshaia the prophet, and Jeshu opened the book and found the place where it is written,

Murdock Translation
And there was delivered to him the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is written:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was deliuered vnto hym the booke of the prophete Esaias: And whe he had opened the booke, he founde the place where it was written,

English Revised Version
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,

World English Bible
The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah, and having opened the book,

Weymouth's New Testament
And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the book of Ysaye, the prophete, was takun to hym; and as he turnede the book, he foond a place, where it was wrytun,

Update Bible Version
And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he unrolled the book, and found the place where it was written,

Webster's Bible Translation
And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

New English Translation
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

New King James Version
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:

New Living Translation
The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

New Life Bible
Someone handed Him the book of the early preacher Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it was written,

New Revised Standard
and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there was handed to him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah; and unfolding the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Revised Standard Version
and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther was delyvered vnto him ye boke of ye Prophete Esaias. And when he had opened the boke he founde the place where it was written.

Young's Literal Translation
and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then was there delyuered him the boke of ye prophet Esay. And whan he had turned ouer the boke, he founde the place where it is wrytten:

Mace New Testament (1729)
they delivered to him the book of the prophet Esaias, and upon opening the book, that passage occurr'd, where it is written,

Simplified Cowboy Version
He stood up to read out of the Good Book and turned to Isaiah. He scanned through the verses and then read,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region. ¹⁵ And he began to teach in their synagogues, and was praised by all. ¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and according to his custom he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed, ¹⁹ to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." ²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking intently at him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." ²² And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?" ²³ And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: ‘Physician, heal yourself!' Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the book: Luke 20:42, Acts 7:42, Acts 13:15, Acts 13:27

he had: םבנפץמףע [Strong's G380], "unrolled the book;" the Sacred Writings being anciently - as they are still in the synagogues written on skins of parchment, and rolled on two rollers, beginning on each end, so that in reading from right to left, they rolled off with the left hand while they rolled on with the right.

the place: Isaiah 61:1-3

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:11 - shalt read 2 Chronicles 17:9 - the book Nehemiah 8:5 - opened Matthew 4:23 - the gospel Mark 1:14 - preaching Mark 1:28 - General Luke 4:20 - and he Acts 8:28 - Esaias

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also brought an offering from the choicest firstlings of his flock. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,

Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.

Genesis 5:18
When Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:4
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
(Now Absalom had taken and set up for himself in his lifetime a stone pillar that is in the valley of the king, because he said, "I have no son in order to remember my name," and he called the stone pillar by his name. It is called the monument of Absalom until this day).

Psalms 49:11
Within them they think their houses are forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They name their lands by their own names.

Daniel 4:30
And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was delivered unto him,.... By the "Chazan", or minister, to whom he gave it again, Luke 4:20, for the "Chazan" of the synagogue, was, שמש, "the minister" r; one part of whose business was, to deliver the book of the law to, and take it from him that read: when an high priest read, the method taken was this s;

"the "Chazan", or minister of the synagogue, took the book of the law, and gave it to the ruler of the synagogue, and the ruler of the synagogue gave it to the "Sagan", and the "Sagan" gave it to the high priest, and the high priest stood and received, and read standing.''

The same method was observed, when a king read in the book of the law t; but when a common priest, or an inferior person read, so much ceremony was not used, as to hand the book from one to another: the manner in their synagogues and schools, was this u;

"the "Chazan" brought out the book of the law, and the priest read, and after him a Levite; then the "Chazan" of the synagogue brought the book of the law down, to the head of the captivity, and all the people stood; and he took the book of the law into his hands, and "stood and read" in it; and the heads of the schools stood with him, and the head of the university of Sofa interpreted it; and returned the book of the law to the "Chazan", and he returned it to the chest.''

That part of the sacred volume which was delivered unto Jesus at this time, was

the book of the prophet Esaias; it is very likely, that the lesson out of the prophets for that day, was to be read out of the prophecy of Isaiah; and it seems probable, that it was the single book of Isaiah, or that prophecy rolled up by itself, in one volume, that was delivered to Christ; as the law was divided, into five parts, each fifth part was sometimes in a book, or volume by itself: hence a fifth part of the law, is by the Jews interpreted w, ספר, "a book" of the law, in which there is but one fifth part; so might the prophets be in separate and distinct books, and it as if they sometimes were, by the following account x a man may

"join together the law, the prophets, and the holy writings, as one, the words of R. Meir. R. Juda says, the law by itself, the prophets by themselves, and the holy writings by themselves; and the wise men say, each by themselves (i.e. each book by itself;) and says R. Judah, it happened to Baithus ben Zunin, that he had eight prophets joined together as one; and there are that say, that he had not, but, אחד אחד בפני עצמו, "every one by itself."''

And when he had opened the book; or unrolled it, for books formerly were written in rolls of paper and parchment; and in this form, is the book of the law with the Jews, in their synagogues, to this day:

"all books, they say y, are rolled from the beginning to the end of them, but the book of the law is rolled to the middle of it, and a pillar, or column, is made for it here and there; says R. Eliezer with R. Zadok, so the writers of books in Jerusalem made their books: the Rabbins teach, that they do not make the book of the law its length, more than its circumference, nor its circumference more than its length.''

Such a roll, or volume, of the prophet Isaiah, Christ unrolled, till he came to the place he intended to read: it is a rule with the Jews z that

"they do not unroll the book of the law in the congregation, because of the glory of the congregation.''

It may therefore be asked, whether Christ did not break this rule, since he unrolled the book that was given him, publicly in the synagogue? To which it may be replied, that it was lawful to unroll the book of the prophets, which was what Christ did, but not the law; for so runs another of their rules, a

"they skip in the prophets, but not in the law, because,

שגוללין נביא ברבים, "that they unroll a prophet publicly", but they do not unroll the law publicly.''

Christ having thus unrolled the volume of the prophet Isaiah, which was put into his hands by the "Chazan", or minister,

he found the place where it was written; as is expressed in the following verse, and which is to be seen in Isaiah 61:1, and which was either the lesson of the day, or what Christ particularly sought for, and looked out; or was providentially directed to, as what was pertinent to himself, and proper to read and insist on at this time; for it was not by chance that he hit on this place, and read it, but it was according to purpose, and with design. Before the reading of the prophets, a blessing used to be said, which was in this form b;

"blessed art thou, O Lord our God, the king of the world, Who hath chosen the good prophets, and art well pleased with their words, which are said in truth; blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast chosen the law, Moses his servant, and Israel his people, and the prophets of truth and righteousness.''

Whether this was delivered by Christ, is not certain; however, he read the following passage.

r Jarchi & Battenora in Misn. Sota, c. 7. sect. 7. & Yoma, c. 7. 1. s Misn. Yoma, c. 7. sect. 1. Maimon. Yom Haccippurim, c. 3. sect. 10. t Misn. Sota, c. 7. sect. 8. u Juchasin, fol. 123. 1. w Gloss. in T. Bab. Megilla, fol. 27. 1. x T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 13. 2. & Massechet Sopherim, c. 3. sect 1, 5. y T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 14. 1. z T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 70. 1. Maimon. Hilch, Tephilla, c. 12. sect. 23. a Massecheth Sepherim, c. 11. sect. 2. b Seder Tephillot, fol. 127. 2. Ed. Basil.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was delivered unto him - By the minister of the synagogue, or the keeper of the sacred books. They were kept in an “ark” or chest, not far from the pulpit, and the minister gave them to whomsoever he chose, to read them publicly.

The book - The volume contained the prophecy of Isaiah. It would seem, from this, that the books were kept separate, and not united into one as with us.

When he had opened the book - Literally, when he had “unrolled” the book. Books, among the ancients, were written on parchments or vellum that is, skins of beasts, and were “rolled” together on two rollers, beginning at each end, so that while reading they rolled off from one to the other. Different forms of books were indeed used, but this was the most common. When used the reader unrolled the manuscript as far as the place which he wished to find, and kept before him just so much as he would read. When the roller was done with, it was carefully deposited in a case.

The place where it was written - Isaiah 61:1-2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 4:17. And when he had opened the book — αναπτυζας, 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.