Luke 4:21

Wycliffe Bible

And he bigan to seie to hem, For in this dai this scripture is fulfillid in youre eeris.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

King James Version (1611)
And hee began to say vnto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your eares.

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

English Standard Version
And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

New American Standard Bible
Now He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

New Century Version
He began to say to them, "While you heard these words just now, they were coming true!"

Amplified Bible
He began speaking to them: "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing and in your presence."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Legacy Standard Bible
And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Berean Standard Bible
and He began by saying, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said to them, "What you have just heard me read has come true today."

Complete Jewish Bible
He started to speak to them: "Today, as you heard it read, this passage of the Tanakh was fulfilled!"

Darby Translation
And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

Easy-to-Read Version
he began to speak to them. He said, "While you heard me reading these words just now, they were coming true!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he began to say vnto them, This day is the Scripture fulfilled in your eares.

George Lamsa Translation
And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

Good News Translation
as he said to them, "This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it being read."

Lexham English Bible
And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Literal Translation
And He began to say to them, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears.

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

Bible in Basic English
Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

Hebrew Names Version
He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

International Standard Version
Then he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Etheridge Translation
And he began to say to them, Today is fulfilled this scripture which is in your ears.

Murdock Translation
And he began to say to them: This day, is this scripture which ye have heard, fulfilled.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he began to say vnto the: this day is this scripture fulfilled in your eares.

English Revised Version
And he began to say unto them, Today hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.

World English Bible
He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to them, This day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then He proceeded to say to them, "To-day is this Scripture fulfilled in your hearing."

Update Bible Version
And he began to say to them, Today has this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he began to say to them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

New English Translation
Then he began to tell them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read."

New King James Version
And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

New Living Translation
Then he began to speak to them. "The Scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day!"

New Life Bible
Then He began to say to them, "The Holy Writings you have just heard have been completed today."

New Revised Standard
Then he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he began to be saying to them - This day, is fulfilled this scripture, in your ears.

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

Revised Standard Version
And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he began to saye vnto them. This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares.

Young's Literal Translation
And he began to say unto them -- `To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he begane to saye vnto them: This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he undertook to show them, how the passage they had heard, was actually then accomplished.

Simplified Cowboy Version
he looked up and said, "All I read has come true today."

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And Jhesus turnede ayen in the vertu of the spirit in to Galilee, and the fame wente forth of hym thorou al the cuntre. ¹⁵ And he tauyte in the synagogis of hem, and was magnyfied of alle men. ¹⁶ And he cam to Nazareth, where he was norisschid, and entride aftir his custom in the sabat dai in to a synagoge, and roos to reed. ¹⁷ 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, ¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord on me, for which thing he anoyntide me; he sente me to preche to pore men, to hele contrite men in herte, ¹⁹ and to preche remyssioun to prisoneris, and siyt to blynde men, and to delyuere brokun men in to remissioun; to preche the yeer of the Lord plesaunt, and the dai of yeldyng ayen. ²⁰ And whanne he hadde closid the book, he yaf ayen to the mynystre, and sat; and the iyen of alle men in the synagoge were biholdynge in to hym. ²¹ And he bigan to seie to hem, For in this dai this scripture is fulfillid in youre eeris. ²² And alle men yauen witnessyng to hym, and wondriden in the wordis of grace, that camen forth of his mouth. And thei seiden, Whether this is not the sone of Joseph? ²³ And he seide to hem, Sotheli ye schulen seie to me this liknesse, Leeche, heele thi silf. The Farisees seiden to Jhesu, Hou grete thingis han we herd don in Cafarnaum, do thou also here in thi cuntre.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

This day: Luke 10:23, Luke 10:24, Matthew 13:14, John 4:25, John 4:26, John 5:39, Acts 2:16-18, Acts 2:29-33, Acts 3:18

Reciprocal: Acts 16:13 - and we James 2:23 - the scripture

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.

Genesis 4:12
Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.

Genesis 31:27
Whi woldist thou fle the while Y wiste not, nether woldist shewe to me, that Y shulde sue thee with ioie, and songis, and tympans, and harpis?

Job 21:12
Thei holden tympan, and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun.

Isaiah 5:12
Harpe, and giterne, and tympan, and pipe, and wyn ben in youre feestis; and ye biholden not the werk of the Lord, nether ye biholden the werkis of hise hondis.

Amos 6:5
and ye syngen at vois of sautree. As Dauid thei gessiden hem for to haue instrumentis of song, and drynken wyn in viols;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he began to say unto them,.... To preach from those words; the explanation of which he gave, though not here recorded, and applied them to himself, to whom they belonged, saying:

this day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears; which is as if he should say, I am the person here spoken of; and at this present time the Spirit of God is upon me; I am anointed with the Holy Ghost, and now preach glad tidings to you, and all the good things here mentioned, and for the several ends proposed; and this Scripture has its full accomplishment which has been read unto you, and you have heard this day. So the Syriac version renders it, דבאדניכון, "which is in your ears"; that is, which you have now heard. The Jews themselves acknowledge, that these words are spoken of the Messiah. One of their writers i says,

"these are the words of the prophet with respect to the Messiah; for the Messiah shall say so, "because the Lord hath anointed me", c.''

And so said the true Messiah Jesus. Another of them expresses himself thus k:

"these are the words of the prophet with respect to the Messiah for the Messiah shall say thus, "because the Lord hath anointed me", &c. or they are the words of the prophet concerning himself.''

And elsewhere it is said by them l,

"the holy, blessed God, will send his Messiah to us, and he shall be worthy of this, (i.e. the character of a meek person) as it is said, Isaiah 61:1 "he hath sent me to preach glad tidings to the meek."''

i Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. rad. משח k R. Sol. Hamelec in Miclol Yophi in loc. l Juchaain, fol. 69. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This scripture - This writing, or this part of the Scriptures.

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.