Luke 4:16-19
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
Tag: Jesus Knows the Scripture
The title of this section in my Bible is, "Jesus Rejected at Nazareth." When Jesus would enter a town He would, like Paul who would follow, seek out the religious leaders in the Synagogue. In the above passage He does so and finds a scroll of Isaiah''s prophecy. Isaiah prophesied from about 740 BC to about 680 BC, or so. So, the scroll was, by Jesus day, 750 years old. Remember this was no "Bible." This was Isaiah's original writings. There were no chapters or verse numbers. Jesus, however, knew His Bible. He had a point He wanted to make to the Jews in the Synagogue and found the perfect passage to have them hear. They would reject the Word and cast Him out of the "Worship" center (think of that ... they came to worship God and would cast the Son of God out of the worship after hearing God's Word). Jesus knew the exact passage they needed to hear. That is how God is with us, if we allow Him to direct us through the Word of God. God is the one who directs us through His Word. If we don't reject it, God's Word has the exact passage we need to learn revelation of God and about God. It will lead us to a deeper understanding of God. Jesus knows the exact Scripture we need to hear.
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