Jesus Speaks with Authority

Note from today’s Bible reading: Luke 3-4

When Jesus came to His hometown of Nazareth, He visited the synagogue on the Sabbath and read from the book of Isaiah (Luke 4:14-17): “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me…” (Luke 4:18). After reading this, He sat down, then said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21).

At first they were “speaking well…