CHAPTER LXI _The subject of the preceding chapter is continued in this; and_ _to give it the greater solemnity, the Messiah is introduced_ _describing his character and office, and confirming the l...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD - Hebrew, The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh.’ The Chaldee renders this, ‘The prophet said, the spirit of prophecy from the presence of Yahweh God is upon me.’ The Syriac, ‘The S...
CHAPTER 61 The King, Jehovah's Messenger: His People and their Salvation Song 1. _Jehovah's Messenger and His work (Isaiah 61:1) _ 2. _His people a kingdom of priests and their work (Isaiah 61:6) _ 3...
ISAIAH 61-62. THE COMING YEAR OF GRACE. Isaiah 61:1. The prophet speaks of his call in language reminiscent of the Servant Songs. Yahweh's spirit abides with me, because He has ordained me. He has se...
THE SPIRIT, &C. Quoted in Luke 4:18; Luke 4:19. The speaker id therefore the Messiah. SPIRIT. Hebrew ruach. App-9. THE LORD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4. Some codices, with two early printed ed...
_The Spirit … upon me_ Cf. Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 48:16 (Isaiah 59:21). _because the Lord hath anointed me_ The abiding possession of the spirit is the consequence of this consecrating act of Jehovah. "A...
The prophet as Evangelist....
DISCOURSE: 1004 CHRIST’S COMMISSION Isaiah 61:1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-he...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME— _The Spirit of_ JEHOVAH _is upon me, because_ JEHOVAH _hath anointed me. To publish glad tidings to the meek hath he sent me; to bind up the broken-hearted: to p...
B. REJOICING OF ZION, CHAPTER 61 1. FREEDOM TEXT: Isaiah 61:1-4 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me t...
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and t...
1. The speaker is the prophet, either in his own person, or in that of the Servant of Jehovah. The mission here spoken of is identical with the mission of the Servant as already indicated; e.g. to bin...
It is God who has sent his Servant to bring the good news. So the Servant has authority to speak for God. • The ‘good news’ is about true freedom, in every way that *Jews and *Gentiles alike may need...
In the synagogue (meeting room) at Nazareth, Jesus chose to read these words as he began his public work (see Luke 4:16-22). This action by Jesus provides our evidence that Isaiah’s words refer to God...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 61 This chapter shows how God will achieve his great purpose for all the...
LXI. (1) THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME... — We have obviously a new poem in the form of a soliloquy, and we ask, “Who is the speaker.?” The Jewish Targum and many modern critics hear only the...
ר֛וּחַ אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה עָלָ֑י יַ֡עַן מָשַׁח֩...
“THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD” Isaiah 61:1-11 _Messiah's mission_, Isaiah 61:1-3. At Nazareth our Lord applied these words to Himself. Let us care for the outcasts as He did; but to do so, we nee...
Passing from the description of material prosperity, the prophecy describes the inner secret, namely, spiritual realization. This description opens with a new declaration of the Servant of the Lord. T...
The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] (a) upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the (b) brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the (c) capt...
Lord. Hebrew adds, "God." Adonai seems to have been inserted to prevent the pronunciation of Jehovah, (Kennicott) which alone occurs in the Septuagint, Arabic, and in St. Luke, iv. 18. (Haydock) --- T...
CONTENTS Another Chapter, full of Christ, in which, under the spirit of prophecy, the Lord Jesus is the preacher. Some precious promises are added, respecting the Church....
Had the shadow of a doubt existed as to whom this blessed scripture applies, the Lord Jesus would have fully removed it, when, in his visit to the Jewish synagogue on the sabbath, he read it, and decl...
_THE EDICT OF EMANCIPATION_ ‘To proclaim liberty to the captives.’ Isaiah 61:1 It is a blessed name of Jesus, and as true as it is blessed—the Liberator. I. AS IN HIM THERE WAS NO SIN, HE NEVER I...
1._The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah. _As Christ explains this passage with reference to himself, (Luke 4:18) so commentators limit it to him without hesitation, and lay down this principle, that Christ...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62. As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61 exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing of Israel....
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME,.... According to the Targum, these are the words of the prophet concerning himself; and so say Aben Ezra and Kimchi; but the latter elsewhere says p they are the...
The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and...
_The Spirit of the Lord is upon me_ To qualify me for effecting what is foretold and promised in the foregoing chapter. As Christ has applied this passage to himself, (see Luke 4:16,) and assured us t...
THE LORD'S YEAR OF JUBILEE. The chapter opens with a powerful description of the office of the Servant of Jehovah, of the Messiah Himself....
The Spirit of the Lord God, of the all-powerful Ruler, the covenant God, whose name is Jehovah, IS UPON ME, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS, a joyful message, the Gospel procl...
1-3 The prophets had the Holy Spirit of God at times, teaching them what to say, and causing them to say it; but Christ had the Spirit always, without measure, to qualify him, as man, for the work to...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 61. Christ and his blessed office, ISAIAH 61:1. The church's repair and increase, ISAIAH 61:4 and joy, ISAIAH 61:7. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, as it were, to accomplish that whi...
Isaiah 61:1 Spirit H7307 Lord H136 GOD H3069 LORD H3068 anointed H4886 (H8804) tidings H1319 (H8763) poor...
THE ANOINTED ONE DECLARES HIS MISSION (ISAIAH 61:1). Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, Because Yahweh has anointed me, To preach good tidings to the meek (or ‘the poor'), He...
Isaiah 61:1 Observe the breadth and comprehensiveness of this great announcement. It includes all forms and classes of sorrow: "the poor" the world's sad and uniform majority; "the brokenhearted" all...
Isaiah 61:1 The person of our blessed Lord is a type of the mystic personality of His Church. The notes by which He was manifested to the world as the true Messiah are notes by which also His Church i...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,_ You know who it is that speaks these words, our Lord Jesus himself. Isaiah 61:1. Because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto t...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;_ These are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ the prophet, looking forward to the tune of his coming into the world, put them into his mouth; and...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the ca...
CONTENTS: Two advents of Christ in one view. Kingdom blessing after the day of vengeance. Israel's restoration. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: After the day of Christ's vengeance,...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me._ Here the Redeemer appears clothed with humanity, and invested with all the high offices of our redemption. Jehovah gave not the Spirit by measure...
_The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me_ THE SPEAKER; PROBABLY THE SERVANT OF JONAH Who is the speaker here? The Targum prefaces the passage with the words, “The prophet says,” and, except a few, all...
THE SIGNS OF A TRUE MINISTRY Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, &c._ This word, in all the beauty and grace of its meaning, was fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ; yet...
SECTION VIII.—SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM (Isaiah 61:1;...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 61:1-11. We are told in the New Testament that the Old Testament prophets many times wrote of things that they did not really understand. Earnestly desiring,...
2 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 10:38; Ac
Upon me — Though the prophet may speak of himself, yet it is principally to be understood of Christ. Anointed — Set me apart, both capacitating him with gifts, and commissioning him with authority; an...