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Anointed to preach good news
Isaiah described one anointed by the Spirit to bring good news to the poor. Jesus read the passage in His hometown synagogue and said it was fulfilled that day.
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New TestamentLuke 4:18-19Open this recordRead the earlier witness
1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, Read the later witness
18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Why FaithGraph draws this line
Luke 4:18-19 quotes Isaiah 61:1-2.
In the Nazareth synagogue Jesus reads Isaiah's words about the Spirit-anointed preacher of good news and the year of the Lord's favor.
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The clause about releasing the oppressed comes from Isaiah 58:6, joined to the Isaiah 61 reading.
The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.
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