Luke 4:17

“And there was delivered unto him, etc.] By the “Chazan”, or minister, to whom he gave it again, (<420420>Luke 4:20), for the “Chazan” of the synagogue, was, çmç, “the minister” f209; one part of whose business was, to deliver the book of the law to, and take it from him that read: when an high priest read, the method taken was this f210; “the “Chazan”, or minister of the synagogue, took the book of the law, and gave it to the ruler of the synagogue, and the ruler of the synagogue gave it to the “Sagan”, and the “Sagan” gave it to the high priest, and the high priest stood and received, and read standing.” The same method was observed, when a king read in the book of the law f211 ; but when a…”

“There was delivered unto him - By the minister of the synagogue, or the keeper of the sacred books. They were kept in an “ark” or chest, not far from the pulpit, and the minister gave them to whomsoever he chose, to read them publicly. The book - The volume contained the prophecy of Isaiah. It would seem, from this, that the books were kept separate, and not united into one as with us. When he had opened the book - Literally, when he had “unrolled” the book. Books, among the ancients, were written on parchments or vellum that is, skins of beasts, and were “rolled” together on two rollers, beginning at each end, so that while reading they rolled off from one to the other. Different forms of…”

“He found - It seems, opening upon it, by the particular providence of God. Luke 4:18”

“the book: Luk 20:42; Act 7:42, Act 13:15, Act 13:27 he had: Αναπτυξσς \[Strong's G380\], "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. the place: Isa 61:1-3 Luke 4:18”