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817 B
817 B
where he had been brought up
This could be translated as "where his parents had raised him" or "where he grew up" or "where he lived when he was as a child."
As was his custom
"As he normally did." It was his usual practice to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath day.
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him
This can also be translated with an active clause, as in "Someone gave him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah." (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
scroll of the prophet Isaiah
This refers to the book of Isaiah written on a scroll. Isaiah had written the words many years before, and someone else had copied them onto a scroll.
the place where it was written
"the place in the scroll where it said" or "the place in the scroll with these words"