Isaiah 61 Footnotes

61:1-3 This song has many similarities to other “Servant Songs,” though it does not use the word servant. The one spoken of here and in 42:1 were both filled with the Spirit to bring a message of hope, justice, and restoration (11:2-5; 42:7; 49:6). It is not necessary to attribute this passage to a hypothetical “Trito-Isaiah,” as do some commentators. Jesus took this passage as referring to himself in a declaration that “the year of the Lord’s favor” had finally arrived (Lk 4:16-21).