Isaiah 61:1, The office of Christ; Isaiah 61:4, The forwardness; Isaiah 61:7, and blessing of the faithful.
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Isaiah 61
Isaiah 61 — Overview
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Isaiah 61 — OverviewIsaiah 61 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter, I. We are sure to find the grace of Christ, published
by himself to a lost world in the everlasting gospel, under the type
and figure of Isaiah's province, which was to foretel the deliverance…Isaiah 61 — OverviewIsaiah 61 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter both Christ and the church are introduced speaking, in their turns. It begins with the words of Christ, describing his work and office; his qualifications for it; the several parts and branches of it;…Isaiah 61:1-3Isaiah 61:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHe that is the best expositor of scripture has no doubt given us the
best exposition of these verses, even our Lord Jesus himself, who read
this in the synagogue at Nazareth (perhaps it was the lesson for the…Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; literally, the Spirit of the Lord Jehovah (Adonai Jehovah) is upon me. The Septuagint, the Vulgate, and one manuscript omit adonai. In the original announcement of "the Servant" it…Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe coming Saviour.
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me," etc. These words are specially memorable as being those which the Saviour read in the synagogue at Nazareth. We have had it described to us "with its…Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryMessiah's mission, to the troubled.
Those more especially addressed by Messiah are called the "meek," the "broken-hearted," the "captives," and the "bound." It at once comes to mind that precisely such persons were…
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