Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to announce liberation to the captives, to set the prisoners free,
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Exodus 29:7Then use the anointing oil to anoint him by pouring it over his head.
Psalms 2:6“It is I who placed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
Psalms 25:9He leads those who are humble in doing what's right, teaching them his way.
Psalms 45:7You love what is right and hate what is wrong. That is why God, your God, has placed you above everyone else by anointing you with the oil of joy.
Psalms 68:7God, when you led your people out, when you marched through the desert, Selah,
Psalms 102:20to respond to the groans of prisoners, to set free the children of death.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:1
In 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 of the Jews out of Babylon, ver. 1-3 . II. We think we find the glories of the church of Christ, its spiritual glories, described under the type and figure of the Jews' prosperity after their return out of their captivity. 1. It is promised that they decays of the church shall be repaired, ver. 4 . 2. That… Read the whole commentary →