Section 7
Here we see that the Spirit of the Lord was upon the Man-Savior because God had anointed Him to bring good news to the poor. The Greek word rendered "bring good news" is euaggelizo, which means to evangelize, to announce good news. To preach the gospel was the first com mission of the Savior as God's anointed One, the Messiah. The good news was to be preached to the poor, that is, to the poor in heavenly, spir itual, and divine things (12:21; Rev. 3:17; see Matt. 5:3).
Luke 4:18 speaks of captives, the blind, and those who are oppressed. The captives are pris oners of war, as exiles and prisoners under Satan's bondage (Isa. 42:7). The blind include those who are physically and spiritually blind (Zeph. 1:17; John 9:39-41; 1 John 2:11; Rev. 3:17). Recovery of sight is related to release from the power of Satan (Acts 26:18). The Greek word translated "oppressed" comes from a verb mean ing to break in pieces (Matt. 12:20). Those who are oppressed are those oppressed under Satan in sickness or in sin (Luke 13:11-13; John 8:34).
In Luke 4:19 we see that the Man-Savior was anointed to "proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." This acceptable year is the New Testament age typified by the year of jubilee (Lev. 25:8-17),