Luke 4:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”

Luke 4:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Luke 4:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Luke 4:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.”

Luke 4:16 — World English Bible

Luke 4:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. ”

Luke 4:16 — American Standard Version

Luke 4:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;”

Luke 4:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Luke 4:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. ”

Luke 4:16 — Darby Translation

Luke 4:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And hee came to Nazareth where hee had bene brought vp, and (as his custome was) went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stoode vp to reade.”

Luke 4:16 — Geneva Bible

Luke 4:16 in Context — Luke 4

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 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,

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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What Does Luke 4:16 Mean?

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