Today
“Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:21). I n Luke’s Gospel the first word spoken by the public Jesus other than reading from Isaiah is “ TODAY.” 1 —not yesterday, not tomorrow, not someday. Blair Monie in his commentary writes, A stress on immediacy pervades Luke’s Gospel. The time of divine action is always now. This today continues throughout Jesus’ ministry. Now is always the time to release the captives, ...