“And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
He began by saying to them, today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing — today (sēmeron) is Luke's characteristic word for the eschatological present — the decisive now of fulfillment. This scripture is fulfilled (peplērōtai): the perfect tense communicates the completion — the fulfillment is accomplished, not merely anticipated. In your hearing: the presence of the one who fulfills the scripture is what makes this hearing different from every previous reading of the same text.
Church Fathers on Luke 4:21
The Lord having overcome the tempter, power was added to Him, i.e. as far as regards the manifestation of it. Hence it is said, And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit.
By the power of the Spirit he means showing forth of miracles.
Now He performed miracles not from any external power, and from having as it were the acquired grace of the Holy Spirit, as other saints, but rather as being by nature the Son of God, and partaking of all things which are the Father’s, He exercises as by His own power and operation that grace which is of the Holy Spirit. But it was right that from that time He should become known, and that the mystery of His humanity should shine forth among those who were of the seed of…
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