Isaiah 61:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; ”

Isaiah 61:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord - (see the notes at Isaiah 49:8 ). There is probably an allusion here to the year of Jubilee, when the trumpet was blown, and liberty was proclaimed t...
Isaiah 61:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To proclaim the (d) acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of (e) vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (d) The time when it pleased God to show his good favour to man, which Paul calls...
Isaiah 61:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61-62. The Coming Year of Grace. Isaiah 61:1-4 . The prophet speaks of his call in language reminiscent of the Servant Songs. Yahweh's spirit abides with me, because He has ordained me. H...
Isaiah 61:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the acceptable year . the year of acceptance, or jubilee year ( Leviticus 25:9 ; Leviticus 25:10 ). We may render:. A year of good-pleasure for Jehovah, [But]. day of vengeance for our God. and t...
Isaiah 61:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. To proclaim the year of the good-pleasure of Jehovah. Here he expressly mentions the time of bestowing such distinguished grace, in order to remove the doubts which might arise. We know b...
Isaiah 61:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1004 CHRIST’S COMMISSION Isaiah 61:1-3 . 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...
Isaiah 61:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isaiah 61:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me— The Spirit of JEHOVAH is upon me, because JEHOVAH hath anointed me. To publish glad tidings to the meek hath he sent me; to bind up the broken-hearted: t...
Isaiah 61:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord - the year of jubilee on which 'libert...
Isaiah 61:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The speaker is the prophet, either in his own person, or in that of the Servant of Jehovah. The mission here spoken of is identical with the mission of the Servant as already indicated; e.g. to...
Isaiah 61:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To proclaim the acceptable year... — The Year of Jubilee is still, perhaps, in the prophet’s thoughts; but the chief point of the promise is the contrast between the “year” of favour and the single...
Isaiah 61:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Acceptable Year of the Lord” Isaiah 61:1-11 Messiah's mission , Isaiah 61:1-3 . At Nazareth our Lord applied these words to Himself. Let us care for the outcasts as He did; but to do so...
Isaiah 61:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing from the description of material prosperity, the prophecy describes the inner secret, namely, spiritual realization. This description opens with a new declaration of the Servant of the Lord....
Isaiah 61:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Had the shadow of a doubt existed as to whom this blessed scripture applies, the Lord Jesus would have fully removed it, when, in his visit to the Jewish synagogue on the sabbath, he read it, and dec...
Isaiah 61:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord ,.... Not an exact year, but time in general; for such are wrong, who from hence conclude that Christ's public ministry lasted but a year, since it is cer...
Isaiah 61:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Ver. 2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. ] The new and true jubilee, or yea...
Isaiah 61:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the day of vengeance of our God Namely, on those who reject or neglect these gracious offers of mercy and salvation: they shall not only be left in their captivity, as they deserve to be, but s...
Isaiah 61:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Messiah. B. C. 706. 1 The Spirit of the Lord G OD is upon me; becau...
Isaiah 61:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To proclaim; to declare, as it respects the Jews, that their liberty is at hand. The acceptable year, viz. the happy age of God's grace, either which will be grateful and welcome news to them, or...
Isaiah 61:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Anointed One Declares His Mission ( Isaiah 61:1-4 ). Isaiah 61:1-2 “The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, Because Yahweh has anointed me, To preach good tidings to the meek (or ‘the p...
Isaiah 61:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SIGNS OF A TRUE MINISTRY Isaiah 61:1-3 . The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, &c. This word, in all the beauty and grace of its meaning, was fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus C...
Isaiah 61:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

acceptable year of the Lord Observe that Jesus suspended the reading of this passage in the synagogue at Nazareth ( Luke 4:16-21 ) at the comma in the middle of ( Isaiah 61:2 ). The first adve...
Isaiah 61:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 61:1-3 Observe the breadth and comprehensiveness of this great announcement. It includes all forms and classes of sorrow: "the poor" the world's sad and uniform majority; "the brokenhearted...
Isaiah 61:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:1-2 . 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 t...
Isaiah 61:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:1 . The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. Here the Redeemer appears clothed with humanity, and invested with all the high offices of our redemption. Jehovah gave not the Spirit by measu...
Isaiah 61:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me The Speaker; probably the Servant of Jonah Who is the speaker here? The Targum prefaces the passage with the words, “The prophet says,” and, except a few,...
Isaiah 61:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION VIII .— SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM ( Isaiah 61:1-23 ; Isaiah 62:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 61...
Isaiah 61:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Year of Jubilee. The chapter opens with a powerful description of the office of the Servant of Jehovah, of the Messiah Himself.
Isaiah 61:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 1:4 ; 2 Corinthians 1:5 ; 2 Corinthians 6:2 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:17 ; Isaiah 25:8 ; Isaiah 34:8 ; Isaiah 3...
Isaiah 61:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vengeance — It being necessary, that where God will deliver his people, he should take vengeance on their enemies; principally on the enemies of his church, and the spiritual ones chiefly, Satan, s...

Isaiah 61:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 61:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 61:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 61:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 61:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 61:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 61:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 61:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes