Isaiah 61:2

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,.... Not an exact year, but time in general; for such are wrong, who from hence conclude that Christ's public ministry lasted but a year, since it is…

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord - (see the notes at Isa 49:8). There is probably an allusion here to the year of Jubilee, when the trumpet was blown, and liberty was proclaimed throughout…

He that is the best expositor of scripture has no doubt given us the best exposition of these verses, even our Lord Jesus himself, who read this in the synagogue at Nazareth (perhaps it was the lesson…

the acceptable year of the Lord Rather, a year of Jehovah's favour (ch. Isa 49:8); and so in the next line, a day of our God's vengeance (cf. Isa 63:4, ch. Isa 34:8). vengeance i.e. on the oppressors…