The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of […]
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn; that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and […]
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Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
The beatitudes for the poor, the mourning (who will laugh/rejoice), and the comforted directly draw on Isaiah's good-news-to-the-poor and comfort-for-mourners, which Luke programmatically makes Jesus' manifesto (cf. Luke 4:18). High Volume, Recurrence in Luke, and strong Coherence.
High confidenceIsaiah's anointed proclaims good news to the poor and comfort to all who mourn; multiple beatitudes (poor, mourning-comforted, righteousness) cluster on this Servant text, which Jesus elsewhere claims.
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