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The Great Spiritual Jubilee
Multiple commentators explain that the 'acceptable year of the Lord' is a direct reference to the Old Testament's Year of Jubilee. This was a special year, occurring every fifty years, when debts were canceled, slaves were freed, and land was returned. Jesus is declaring that with His arrival, a spiritual Jubilee has begun, offering freedom from sin and restoration to God.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 4:19
18th Century
Theologian
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. The time when God is willing to accept people, or to receive sinners coming to Him. The gospel …
AT Robertson
On Luke 4:19
The acceptable year of the Lord (ενιαυτον Κυριου δεκτον). He does not mean that his ministry is to be only one year in length as C…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 4:19
19th Century
Bishop
The acceptable year of the Lord.—The primary reference was to the year of Jubilee, when land that had been mortgaged returned to its owner…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 4:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 4:19
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
On Luke 4:19
16th Century
Theologian
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Many think that here the prophet makes an allusion to the Jubilee, and I have no objection to t…
John Gill
On Luke 4:19
17th Century
Pastor
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord .
] The time which he willed and fixed for the redemption of his people, a…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 4:14–30
17th Century
Minister
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…