Luke 4:17 (KJV)

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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

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the book. Lu 20:42 Ac 7:42 Ac 13:15 Ac 13:27

the place. Isa 61:1-3

he had.[Anaptusso ,] "unrolled the book;" the Sacred Writings being anciently (as they are still in the synagogues) written on skins of parchment, and rolled on two rollers, beginning on each end, so that in reading from right to left, they rolled off with the left hand while they rolled on with the right.

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