My Favorite Bible Passage: Luke 4,14-21

[Gabbanelli911]

Luke 4,14-21. This is one of my favorite bible passages. I can picture Jesus calmly sitting down and everyone looking at Jesus, eyes wide open and probably mouths wide open as well!

1. Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside.
2. He taught in their synagogues and everyone glorified him.
3. He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read,
4. and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:
5. The spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives, sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,
6. to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
7. He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him.
8. Then he began to speak to them, ‘This text is being fulfilled today even while you are listening.’

 

[svid2]

Pax Christi!

A favorite moment for me as a lector came when I read that passage from Isaiah that our Lord read. I thought, “Wow, we both read this same passage!”

It was cool.

God bless.

 

[erikd]

Luke 4,14-21. This is one of my favorite bible passages. I can picture Jesus calmly sitting down and everyone looking at Jesus, eyes wide open and probably mouths wide open as well!

1. Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside.
2. He taught in their synagogues and everyone glorified him.
3. He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read,
4. and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:
5. The spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives, sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,
6. to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
7. He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him.
8. Then he began to speak to them, ‘This text is being fulfilled today even while you are listening.’

Of these passages, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states in paragraph 436:

“Jesus fulfilled the messianic hope of Israel in his threefold office of priest, prophet, and king.”

Theophylact of Ohrid, an 11th century Archbishop and Biblical commentator stated the following:

“He read the book to those who were present to hear Him, but having read it, He returned it to the minister; for while He was in the world He spoke openly, teaching in the synagogues and in the temple; but about to return to heaven, He committed the office of preaching the Gospel to those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word. He read standing, because while explaining those Scriptures which were written of Him, He condescended to work in the flesh; but having returned the book, He sits down, because He restored Himself to the throne of heavenly rest. For standing is the part of the workman, but sitting of one who is resting or judging. So also let the preacher of the word rise up and read and work and preach, and sit down, i.e. wait for the reward of rest. But He opens the book and reads, because sending the Spirit, He taught His Church all truth; having shut the book, He returned it to the minister, because all things were not to be said to all, but He committed the word to the teacher to be dispensed according to the capacity of the hearers. It follows, And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.”

 

[CyrilSebastian]

I like it when the Gospel passage Luke 4: 14-21 is read during the Season of Advent.
It is a remarkably beautiful proclamation of the coming of the Lord.