Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
handed to Jesus without his asking for it. But certainly Jesus
cared more for the prophets than for the ceremonial law. It was a
congenial service that he was asked to perform. Jesus used
Deuteronomy in his temptations and now Isaiah for this sermon.
The Syriac Sinaitic manuscript has it that Jesus stood up after
the attendant handed him the roll. {Opened} (\anoixas\). Really
it was {unrolled} (\anaptuxas\) as Aleph D have it. But the more
general term \anoixas\ (from \anoig•\, common verb) is probably
genuine. \Anaptuss•\ does not occur in the N.T. outside of this
passage if genuine. {Found the place} (\heuren ton topon\).
Second aorist active indicative. He continued to unroll (rolling
up the other side) till he found the passage desired. It may have
been a fixed lesson for the day or it may have been his own
choosing. At any rate it was a marvellously appropriate passage
(Isa 61:1,2 with one clause omitted and some words from Isa
58:6). It is a free quotation from the Septuagint. {Where it was
written} (\hou •n gegrammenon\). Periphrastic pluperfect passive
again as in 4:16.
4:18 {Anointed me} (\echrisen me\). First aorist active
indicative of the verb \chri•\ from which {Christ} (\Christos\)
is derived, the Anointed One. Isaiah is picturing the Jubilee
year and the release of captives and the return from the
Babylonian exile with the hope of the Messiah through it all.
Jesus here applies this Messianic language to himself. "The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me" as was shown at the baptism (Lu
3:21) where he was also "anointed" for his mission by the
Father's voice (3:22). {To the poor} (\pt•chois\). Jesus
singles this out also as one of the items to tell John the
Baptist in prison (Lu 7:22). Our word _Gospel_ is a translation
of the Greek \Euaggelion\, and it is for the poor. {He hath sent
me} (\apestalken me\). Change of tense to perfect active
indicative. He is now on that mission here. Jesus is God's
_Apostle_ to men (Joh 17:3, Whom thou didst send). {Proclaim}
(\k•ruxai\). As a herald like Noah (2Pe 2:5). {To the captives}
(\aichmal•tois\). Prisoners of war will be released (\aichm•\, a
spear point, and \hal•tos\, from \haliskomai\, to be captured).
Captured by the spear point. Common word, but here only in the
N.T. {Set at liberty} (\aposteilai\). First aorist active
infinitive of \apostell•\. Same verb as \apestalken\, above.
Brought in here from Isa 58:6. Plummer suggests that Luke
inserts it here from memory. But Jesus could easily have turned
back the roll and read it so. {Them that are bruised}
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