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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Anointed me (εχρισεν με). First aorist active indicative of the verb χριω from which

Christ (Χριστος) is d…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Or, I speak by divine appointment. I am divinely inspired to speak. There can be no doubt that the pass…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.—The passage that follows reproduces, with a few unimportant variations, the LXX versio…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for …

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

Origen of Alexandria: After the Lord overcame the tempter, power was added to Him—that is, as far as its manifestation was co…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The quotation has significance both as our Lord’s statement of his call to his saving ministry and as Luke’s affirmation of this ministry as themat…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. These words inform us that, both in his own person and in his ministers, Christ does not act by human a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
By whom is meant, the third person in the Trinity; so called, to distinguish him f…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the…

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