Isהֲthisזֶהnotלוֹאthe fastצוֹםthat I choose:אֶבְחָרֵהוּto loosenפַּתֵּחַthe bondsחַרְצֻבּוֹתof wickedness,רֶשַׁעto undoהַתֵּרthe strapsאֲגֻדּוֹתof the yoke,מוֹטָהand to setוְשַׁלַּחfreeחָפְשִׁיםthe crushed,רְצוּצִיםand that you breakוְ תְּנַתֵּקוּeveryכָלyoke?מוֹטָה
Quotation · Luke 4:18
Go to Luke 4:18“To send away the oppressed in freedom” is a sentence from Isaiah 58:6, inserted in the reading of Isaiah 61.
Formula: εὗρεν τὸν τόπον οὗ ἦν γεγραμμένον “he found the place where it was written” (Luke 4:17)
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Greek of the New Testament: Πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ’ ἐμέ οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέν με εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς ἀπέσταλκέν με κηρύξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν ἀποστεῖλαι τεθραυσμένους ἐν ἀφέσει
Hebrew (Masoretic text): הֲלוֹא זֶה צוֹם אֶבְחָרֵהוּ פַּתֵּחַ חַרְצֻבּוֹת רֶשַׁע הַתֵּר אֲגֻדּוֹת מוֹטָה וְשַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים וְכָל מוֹטָה תְּנַתֵּקוּ
Septuagint (Isaiah 58:6 in the Septuagint numbering): οὐχὶ τοιαύτην νηστείαν ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην, λέγει Κύριος, ἀλλὰ λῦε πάντα σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας, διάλυε στραγγαλιὰς βιαίων συναλλαγμάτων, ἀπόστελλε τεθραυσμένους ἐν ἀφέσει, καὶ πᾶσαν συγγραφὴν ἄδικον διάσπα.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0