• Luke 4:18
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 18 Πνεῦμα Spirit Κυρίου of Lord ἐπ’ upon ἐμέ, me, οὗ of which εἵνεκεν on account ἔχρισέν he anointed με me εὐαγγελίσασθαι to declare good news πτωχοῖς, to poor (ones), ἀπέσταλκέν he has sent off με me κηρύξαι to preach αἰχμαλώτοις to captives ἄφεσιν letting go off καὶ and τυφλοῖς to blind (ones) ἀνάβλεψιν, looking again, ἀποστεῖλαι to send off τεθραυσμένους (ones) having been crushed ἐν in ἀφέσει, release,

  • Luke 4:18
    The Bible in Living English

    • 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, forasmuch as he has anointed me to give the gospel to poor men; he has sent me to proclaim release to captives and recovery of sight to blind men, to let the crushed go free,

  • Luke 4:18
    American Standard Version

    • 18 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,

  • Luke 4:18
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me—To tell glad tidings unto the destitute; He hath sent me forth—To proclaim to captives a release, And to the blind a recovering of sight,—To send away the crushed with a release;

  • Luke 4:18
    King James Version

    • 18 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 preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 4:18

      Jehovah’s: In this quote from Isa 61:1, the divine name, represented by four Hebrew consonants (transliterated YHWH), occurs in the original Hebrew text.​—See App. C.

      he anointed: Luke here quotes from the Septuagint version of Isaiah’s prophecy, which reads “he anointed.” However, Jesus would have read from the Hebrew text of Isaiah’s prophecy (61:1, 2), where the verb for “anointed” is used along with the divine name, represented by four Hebrew consonants (transliterated YHWH). A number of translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew (referred to as J7, 8, 10, 14, 15 in App. C) use the divine name here and read “Jehovah anointed.”

      to proclaim liberty to the captives: Here Jesus quotes Isaiah’s prophecy, which some Jews might have applied literally. (Isa 61:1) However, Jesus’ ministry focused on releasing people from spiritual bondage. Therefore, the liberation that Jesus announced was a spiritual one. This prophecy and Jesus’ application of it to his ministry are evidently allusions to the Jubilee, which was to be celebrated every 50th year. During the Jubilee year, liberty was to be proclaimed throughout the land.​—Le 25:8-12.