Luke 4:19 meaning and explanation
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Luke 4:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus reads from Isaiah in the Nazareth synagogue, and this line closes the passage He announces. The "year of the Lord's favor" echoes the Old Testament Year of Jubilee, when debts were cancelled and slaves freed, but here it names the moment God acts to restore His people.
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