Isaiah 61:1 (KJV)

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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 opening of the prison to them that are bound

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Spirit. Isa 11:2-5 Isa 42:1 Isa 59:21 Mt 3:16 Lu 4:18 Lu 4:19 Joh 1:32 Joh 1:33 Joh 3:34

anointed. Ps 2:6 Ps 45:7 Da 9:24 Joh 1:41 Ac 4:27 Ac 10:38 Heb 1:9

to preach. Isa 52:9 Ps 22:26 Ps 25:9 Ps 69:32 Ps 149:4 Mt 5:3-5 Mt 11:5 Lu 7:22

to bind. Isa 57:15 Isa 66:2 Ps 34:18 Ps 51:17 Ps 147:3 Ho 6:1 2Co 7:6

to proclaim.The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bound, and the year of acceptance with Jehovah, is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of trumpet; and our Saviour, by applying this text to himself, plainly declares the typical design of that institution. Isa 42:7 Isa 49:9 Isa 49:24 Isa 49:25 Ps 102:20 Jer 34:8 Zec 9:11 Zec 9:12 Joh 8:32-36 Ac 26:18 Ro 6:16-22 Ro 7:23-25 2Ti 2:25 2Ti 2:26

7 and blessing of the faithful.

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