4:14
to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as to indicates that 4:14 is the purpose for Jesus’ move to Galilee. He moved to Galilee, in order that scripture would be fulfilled.
In some languages, it will be more natural to begin a new sentence here. For example:
⌊Jesus moved to Galilee⌋ so that what was spoken…might be fulfilled.
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⌊He did that⌋ in order that the words…might be fulfilled.
to fulfill: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as to fulfill means “to come true” or “to happen.” God spoke the words of 4:15–16 hundreds of years before Jesus was born. And now those words were about to happen.
Here are some other ways to translate this word:
to make come true (Good News Translation)
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to accomplish
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would happen
what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as what was spoken through the prophet can also be translated as “the words that were spoken through the prophet.” Isaiah spoke words that the Lord had instructed him to tell the people. Isaiah also wrote down these words.
This clause is passive. Here are some other ways to translate this:
• As a passive. For example:
what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah (New Revised Standard Version)
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the words that were said ⌊by God⌋ through the prophet Isaiah
• As an active. For example:
what God said through the prophet Isaiah (New Living Translation (2004))
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the words that the prophet Isaiah said
the prophet Isaiah: The phrase the prophet Isaiah also occurs in 3:3. You should translate this phrase the same way as you translated it there.
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