Luke 4:18
Chapter 4
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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
He has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
to proclaim liberty to captives,
and give sight to the blind;
to free the oppressed;
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
He has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
to proclaim liberty to captives,
and give sight to the blind;
to free the oppressed;
Commentaries
Begins His Proclamation – In the Synagogue of Nazareth.
The Holy Spirit and the Word are the sparks that ignite the fire of Jesus’ mission. However, other aspects will always be present, as Luke reveals in this passage: rejection, which initially begins as sympathy and admiration but later turns into antipathy caused by doubt about his person (22) and his power (23); and subsequent hostility (28ff), which prompts him to declare the universality of his mission: if the people of Israel reject it, others who are not Israelites will be willing to accept it.