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Luke 4:19 Cross-References
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“To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Luke 4:19 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 4:19
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Jesus reads the final phrase of His Isaiah 61:1-2 quotation: kēruxai eniauton Kyriou dekton (κηρύξαι ἐνιαυτὸν Κυρίου δεκτόν, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor). The term eniauton (ἐνιαυτόν, year) combined with dekton (δεκτόν, acceptable/favorable) likely alludes to the Jubilee year (Leviticus 25:8-55)—every fiftieth year when debts were cancelled, slaves freed, and land returned to original owners. The acceptable year represents God's time of grace, mercy, and restoration.Significantly, Jesus stops mid-sentence from Isaiah 61:2, omitting 'and t...
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Cross-References for Luke 4:19
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“and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;”
“and the year of my redeemed is come.”
“we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain”
“If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.,Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.,,,,,,,,”
“And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years”
“then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”