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 ome believe that Isaiah 61:1-3
refers to Jesus' second beatitude since the later part of verse 2 refers to "comforting those who mourn." It
is clear the passage refers to Jesus first coming. You may ask, "How do you know that?" Well, look
at the following passage,Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.' Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." Luke 4:14-21 (NJKV) Notice that Jesus stopped at "to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." The portion of the
passage that refers to "comfort all who mourn" follows. Jesus indicated that the "day of vengeance
of our God" and what followed was yet future. Isaiah 61:2b-3 cannot be used to interpret Matthew 5:4.
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