Luke 4:16-30

This has to be an exegetical using as many sources /references as possible . The body has to be 10 - 15 pages and it must include a bibliography /works cited page During the course of our exegesis of the Lukan passage 4 :16 - 30 , we will investigate

its context , including

Luke 's perspectives aspects of the Hebrew and Greek text place and time factor Jesus ' spiritual impact His public proclamation the prophetic reading from Isaiah and responses to Jesus ' words the subsequent murderous attempt on Jesus ' life and his supernatural escape p

Text

16 He went to Nazareth , where he had been brought up , and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue , as was his custom

Commentary and exegesis

Place and time factor

Luke , the gospel 's writer , is careful to place this event simultaneously and paradoxically in connection with immediately preceding events in Capernaum , where Jesus has been acclaimed juxtaposing this pericope with miraculous events immediately afterwards . Here , the writer is emphatic that Jesus purposefully travels to his hometown . This is no random event , or any day of the week . This is the Sabbath day , the day of rest for the people of the God of Israel (Exod . 20 : 8 - 11

Jesus , quickened by unmeasured power of the Holy Spirit , moves towards this day with purposeful steps , in to arrive on the exact day of his choosing ( Lk 4 :1 ,14

Implications of the Sabbath

The Hebrew root word for Sabbath is Shyba , the number seven , which...