• Luke 4:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 16 Καὶ And ἦλθεν he came εἰς into Ναζαρά, Nazareth, οὗ where ἦν he was τεθραμμένος, having been reared, καὶ and εἰσῆλθεν he went in κατὰ according to τὸ the εἰωθὸς custom αὐτῷ to him ἐν in τῇ the ἡμέρᾳ day τῶν of the σαββάτων sabbaths εἰς into τὴν the συναγωγήν, synagogue, καὶ and ἀνέστη he stood up ἀναγνῶναι. to read.

  • Luke 4:16
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 16 And he came into Nazareth where he had been brought up, and entered according to his custom on the sabbath day into the synagogue,—and stood up to read.

  • Luke 4:16
    King James Version

    • 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.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 4:16

      according to his custom on the Sabbath day: There is no evidence that the Jews gathered in synagogues to observe the Sabbath at any point before the Babylonian exile. However, likely from the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, the custom of doing so developed. Fittingly, Jesus observed this spiritually beneficial custom. Throughout Jesus’ early life, his family was accustomed to going to the synagogue in Nazareth. In time, a similar practice of gathering for worship was instituted in the Christian congregation.

      stood up to read: Scholars note that this is the earliest known description of a synagogue service. According to Jewish tradition, the service usually began with private prayers as the congregants entered the building, after which the words of Nu 15:37-41; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21 were recited. Public prayers followed, after which a portion of the Pentateuch was read aloud according to a schedule. Ac 15:21 states that in the first century C.E., such reading was done “on every Sabbath.” The next portion of the service, which seems to be the focus of this verse, was a reading from the prophets along with a lesson based on the reading. The reader customarily stood, and he may have had some freedom to choose his prophetic passage.​—See study note on Ac 13:15.