Luke 4:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 61:2 : 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Luke 19:42 : 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
Lev 25:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of the undressed vines. 12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Lev 25:50-54 : 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him. 51 If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption. 53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed by these [means], then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
Num 36:4 : 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Luke 4:14-18
5 verses
86%
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.
15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16And 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.
17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Isa 61:1-2
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82%
1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
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Luke 4:20-21
2 verses
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20And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
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Luke 4:43-44
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43But he said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.
44And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Matt 4:16-17
2 verses
72%
16the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
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Matt 11:4-5
2 verses
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4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
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Mark 1:14-15
2 verses
72%
14Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of {G932} God,
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Luke 7:22
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22And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.
Acts 10:36-38
3 verses
71%
36The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all.) —
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Mark 1:38-39
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38And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth.
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Luke 1:77
71%
77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,
Matt 12:17-18
2 verses
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Mark 1:2-3
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Luke 3:3-4
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69%
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Luke 10:9
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Matt 4:14
68%
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Isa 42:7
68%
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Acts 13:24
68%
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Luke 19:10
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Matt 4:23
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Isa 40:1
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1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Matt 3:1-3
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67%
1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
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Acts 3:19-20
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67%
19Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
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Isa 58:6
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Isa 63:4
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Luke 8:1
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Matt 9:35
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