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The book (βιβλίον)
A diminutive of βίβλος, the inner bark of the papyrus, used for writing. Hence a roll. The word is also used to denote a division of a work, and is therefore appropriate here to mark the writings of a single prophet as related to the whole body of the prophetic writings.
Opened (ἀναπτύξας)
Lit., unrolled. Both this and the simple verb πτύσσω, to close (Luk 4:20), occur only once in the New Testament. The former word was used in medical language of the opening out of various parts of the body, and the latter of the rolling up of bandages. The use of these terms by Luke the physician is the more significant from the fact that elsewhere in the New Testament ἀνοίγω is used for the opening of a book (Rev 5:2-5; Rev 10:2, Rev 10:8; Rev 20:12); and εἰλίσσω, for rolling it up (Rev 6:14).
Found
As if by chance: reading at the place where the roll opened of itself, and trusting to divine guidance.
Was written (ἦν γεγραμμένον)
Lit., was having been written; i.e., stood written.