Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 61
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1Isa 61:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:263A…rue High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, how He, having been placed in the flesh, was with the people through the whole year—that year of which He himself says [Isa. LXI, 1 et 2]: "He sent me to preach glad tidin…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:469…me he has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are bruised to proclaim the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:607B…anions" [Ps. 44:8]. Being anointed with this oil, He Himself says in His own person in Isaiah: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me" [Isa. 61:1]. Since, therefore, our Savior alone is…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:919…me he has sent me to bring good news to the poor to proclaim liberty to the captives concerning whom the same prophet also says elsewhere he shall build my city and he shall bring back…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…the eternal gospel h chapter xxxi h the spirit of the lord is upon me because the lord hath anointed me he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poor to heal the d…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:319…me he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poor to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord ver be disturbed…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:109A…ter præ omnibus sui consortibus, nempe oleo lætitiæ; quod esse Spiritum sanctum his ipse prophetæ verbis docet: "Spiritus Domini super me, eo quod unxerit me" (Isa. LXI, 1). Idem quoque ait Apostolus: "Quomodo u…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:115B…mons by the Spirit, as man; in the same way, He who grants the Spirit was not burdened to say: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me" (Isa. lxi, 1)—because, as John says, He had become f…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:227B…on me, because He has anointed me; He has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor, and to preach release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind" (Isa. LXI, 1). And for this reason he feared les…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:445…stable. XIII. This was preached beforehand by the prophets, as is evident from these passages of Scripture: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me" (Isa. LXI, 1); and, "And there shall rest upon him seven Spirits" (Isa.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:191…where: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; therefore has he anointed me, he has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives (Is. LXI, 1). For this reason, Paul also, writing a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:359C…ve silly women laden with sins" (2 Tim. 3:6). There is that which dwells in the mind, as that regarding which he says, "To preach deliverance to the captives" (Isa. 61:1). There is that which falls under the s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:935A…exhorts; for He says: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to exhort all who mourn" (Is. 61, 1-2). And, moreover, the Savior, so as to s…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1131A…f the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me; he hath sent me to preach the gospel to the poor," and the rest, "to call the acceptable year of the Lord" (Isa. LXI, 1; Luc. IV, 18). For that was truly an ac…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:225…me he has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind blessed david also sings of him ascending on high he led…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1349…to bring good news to the poor to heal the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1351…to preach the gospel to the poor to heal the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and moreover to grant the blind recovery of sight and at the same time to call the day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:1013…has sent me to preach the gospel to the poor to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind but elsewhere he also says you deaf hear and…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1123…legislator now indeed implies isaiah overtly exhibited the spirit of the lord is upon me because the lord hath anointed me he hath sent me to preach to the meek to heal the contrite of heart…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1547…has sent me to preach good news to the poor to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind for when the lord had read this prophecy in…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2251A…ended to you, by which he signifies the time of the visitation, during which Christ was preaching the "acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution" (Isa. LXI, 1). Perhaps he seems to have conversed wi…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1119B…ladness beyond your companions" (Ps. XLIV, 8). And Isaiah, speaking in the person of the Lord: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me" (Isa. LXI, 1). The Lord, however, teaching his o…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:541…has sent me to preach good news to the poor to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are bruised to…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:909C…ends, and He sends the Son and the Spirit. "For the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because of which he has anointed me; he has sent me to evangelize the poor" (Isa. lxi, 1; Luc. iv, 18). He also sends the Father…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:895…from their destructions but isaiah cries out the spirit of the lord is upon me because the lord hath anointed me to preach to the meek he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart…
Johann Heinrich Nolte 1826-1892PG 6:1733…is in Greek pra- 45 Theod. lib. II de cura Græ. affect. and ser. 1 de Provi. 46 In dialog. et quæst. 66 ad orthodoxes. 47 Lib de carne Christi. 48 Isa. LXI, 1; Luc. IV, 18; Psal. XLIV, 8; Hebr. I, 9…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:379…has sent me to preach good news to the poor to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind for since a physician was being sent to the…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1089A…rophecy regarding him, said in the person of the Lord: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to evangelize the poor." (Is. LXI, 1) II. For Christ was not anointed by me…
2Isa 61:2
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:319…confirm this very thing from the prophet for it is written 'to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution ' our author intending to refute this error rightly indeed proves that…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:781…to confirm this very thing from the prophet for it is written to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution being truly blind who say they have discovered the deep things…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:871…proclaim remission to the captives and sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution to console all who mourn c for according to that which the word…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:883…in his ministry this too the scripture shows he hath sent me to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord c for in the th year of the reign of augustus on the th of december…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:885…preach but for one year this too is written thus to preach the acceptable year of the lord he sent me this the prophet also said and the gospel in the fifteenth year therefore of tiberius…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1129…year a this also is written thus he sent me to preach the acceptable year of the lord this both the prophet said and the gospel therefore in the fifteenth year of tiberius and the fifteenth…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:263…sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor and to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of requital observe how once in this year on the day of propitiation he enters…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:515…he has sent me to evangelize to the poor and to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of remission observe how once in this year on the day of expiation he enters…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1719…the year also was defined of which the prophet spoke to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of salvation he predicts therefore to his disciples warning them so that before hearing what…
Peter of Alexandria c. 250-311PG 18:469…sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are bruised to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:687…to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of requital c this prophecy our lord himself confirms to have been fulfilled in his…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:699…time of his advent the time of retribution saying in other places to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution this was indeed the time of retribution in which vengeance for…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of recompense to our god to comfort all that mourn to give unto them that…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:643…with richness since the savior is said to have come to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution according to the scripture speaking in his person the spirit of the lord…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:297…the saving proclamation during which the savior having sojourned among them preached the acceptable year of the lord and the day of requital it appears too that he conversed with them for a second year or…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:335…the present prophecy reveals saying the things set before us to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of recompense to our god to comfort all who mourn to give to those who…
Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:801…given to him in the synagogue as it is written call it the acceptable year of the lord and the day of redemption there it is a night of retribution here a day of redemption and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:931…joseph and from then on from the twelfth of athyr he preached the acceptable year of the lord according to those things previously stated by the prophet isaiah the spirit of the lord is upon me…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:935…before the ides of november after these points when he had preached the acceptable year of the lord and another equally full of contradiction and an additional seventy four days filled with the same trouble from…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:1009…lxi v where christ professes that he was sent by the father to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution they suspected that that eniautos dektos acceptable year was the former…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:533…the day has shone upon me and the sun of righteousness and the acceptable year of the lord and a great visitation from god for truly the orient from on high has visited us to appear…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:739…this year moreover is the one which divine scripture proclaims to preach the acceptable year of the lord luke the lamb is the sacred victim for he says he was led as a sheep to the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:263…to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of recompense for these were the c glorious works of his advent and hosea speaking…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:709…to send away the crushed in forgiveness to heal the broken hearted to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord b arise therefore he says that is wake up and having taken up good hope in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:987…in remission and healing those who are broken in heart and proclaiming the acceptable year of the lord and although the jews especially ought to have accepted faith in him since they had obtained the law…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1349…to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution to comfort all who mourn to give to those who mourn in zion…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1351…and noble deeds of his presence furthermore that he might also call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of recompense…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:739…give sight to the blind to preach remission to the captives and to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord but since in your remarkable madness you repel such a rich bounty of heavenly blessings c…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:643…to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and the day of requital to our god isaiah ch lx shine shine jerusalem for your light is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:145…and recovery of sight to the blind to heal the brokenhearted and to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord for these great achievements toward us were his alone and of no other the holy prophets…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1123…the captives and the opening to them that are shut to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of vengeance to our lord whence the septuagint issued the text it will be a…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1357…your goodness the year of goodness is what is called by isaiah the acceptable year of the lord h for he says the spirit of the lord is upon me therefore he has anointed me he…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2251…he signifies the time of the visitation during which christ was preaching the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution isa lxi perhaps he seems to have conversed with them for a second…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2641…the morning star shone brightly he also says that he was anointed to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord thus indicating the time of the incarnation in which while he lived on earth he provided…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2667…and the year of redemption as was said regarding more favorable things to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution therefore he has now added the year of redemption for at…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:57…of the lord's coming according to what was said in his person to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord he prays therefore that at that time no memory of it may be made so that…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:439…producing the constant offshoots of divine knowledge through these indeed is obtained the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution which had long before been proclaimed by the prophet is finally proclaimed to…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:541…sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are bruised to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord since therefore the only begotten son of god has been sent by the father into the…
Menologium of Basil II compiled under Basil II, r. 976-1025PG 117:21…preach remission to the captives and sight to the blind to call the acceptable year of the lord and having returned the book to the minister he sat down from that time forth he granted to…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:749…to the blind to send away the crushed in remission to preach the acceptable year of the lord and having rolled up the book and given it back to the minister he sat down and the…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:477…to the blind to send away the broken in remission to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 145:711…were darkened and who were blinded by unbelief for the preaching of the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution and for the consolation of those mourning in zion taking with him those…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:937…to the blind to send away the broken in forgiveness to preach the acceptable year of the lord and the day of retribution c but for those who have suffered nothing of this kind nor showed…
3Isa 61:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…of recompense to our god to comfort all that mourn to give unto them that mourn in zion glory instead of ashes the oil of gladness to the mourners the mantle of praise for the spirit…
Macarius of Magnesia fl. c. 400PG 10:1401…which was prefigured by the skin of a lamb from the very beginning of the world to signify an expiatory sacrificial offering. Cf. Rev. XII, 8; Zech. III, 4; Isa. LXI, 3, 10. That Irenaeus also appears to have…
5Isa 61:5
Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:125…the circumcision but gathered from every c nation as also isaiah says and strangers shall stand and feed your flocks and the strangers shall be your plowmen and vine dressers cc thy nose is as the…
6Isa 61:6
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:477…and are justly rejected and again he speaks through the prophet saying but ye shall be named the priests of the lord men shall call you the ministers of our god ye shall eat the riches…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1827…, p. 144, he testifies that there were most holy altars in the church. But the passage which is then brought forward is held a little differently in Isaiah lxi, 6, for the word πάντες is not added, but only Ὑμεῖς δὲ ἱερεῖς…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:543…the apostle says that the riches of the world might follow and the riches of the gentiles and thence the reconciliation of the world was completed and the perfect resurrection of all not only of those…
7Isa 61:7
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1607A…. For it will follow for those who see such great virtue that they shall rejoice eternally, according to that: "Everlasting joy shall overtake them" (Isa. LXI, 7). Psal. LXIX, vers. 1. Fittingly is th…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1281C…ich they endured pains and tortures for the Lord. For because of this double glory of theirs, it is written in the land for them: 'They shall possess double.' [Isa. LXI, 7]" Hence also even before the day of…
8Isa 61:8
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…land they shall possess double and everlasting joy shall be unto them for i the lord love judgment and i hate robbery for a burnt offering and i will give their work in truth and i…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:111…and i will make an everlasting covenant with you even the sure mercies of david behold i have given him for a witness to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1249…ways hearken to me and your soul shall live in good things and i will make an everlasting covenant with you the sure mercies of david behold i have given him as a witness to the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:691A…mouth of the saints: "He who lays his hands on things unjustly shall not remain unpunished" (Prov. 11:21); and again, "I the Lord hate robbery from iniquity" (Isa. 61:8); and elsewhere, "Do not set your heart…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1221…things which god hath prepared for them that love him c vers and i will make an everlasting covenant with you even the sure mercies of david behold i have given him for a witness to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:545…of things which were above the law god said therefore through isaiah i will make an everlasting covenant with you the faithful mercies of david behold i have given him for a witness to the nations…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2553…having thus stirred them to intense listening he begins his instruction saying i will make an everlasting covenant with you the sure mercies of david for the old covenant having been given for a time passed…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2649…nation that shall yield the fruits thereof he adds moreover that he will make an everlasting covenant with them not meaning the precepts of moses but the mysteries of the new testament or faith everlasting and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:103C…34. — « Dominus superbis resistit. » — XII, 22. « Abominatio Domino viæ perversæ. » — XVI, 5. « Immundus est apud Dominum omnis qui sublimis est corde. » Isa. LXI, 8. — « Ego sum Dominus amans justitiam, e…
9Isa 61:9
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…work in truth and i will make an everlasting covenant with them and their seed shall be known among the gentiles and their offspring in the midst of the peoples all that see them shall acknowledge…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1363…to the just and i will establish an eternal covenant for them and their seed shall be known among all nations and their offspring in the midst of the peoples every one that sees them shall…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:471…there shall be a new one as it is now covered vers their seed shall be known among the nations and their offspring he calls the seed and offspring of the holy apostles those who succeeded…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2649…of the new testament or faith everlasting and immortal then he adds and their seed shall be known among the gentiles not that corporeal seed in which the jews glory but that which relates to the…
Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:889…to the just and i will establish an everlasting covenant with them and their seed shall be known among the nations and their offspring everyone that sees them shall acknowledge that these are the seed which…
10Isa 61:10
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…acknowledge them that they are the seed which the lord hath blessed i will greatly rejoice in the lord my soul shall be joyful in my god for he hath clothed me with the garments of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1451…this man is praiseworthy he who has inherited the nature of god in the lord my soul shall be praised that is to say in righteousness and in wisdom and in knowledge and in love these…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1257…h a let my soul rejoice in the lord for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and with the robe of joy he has put a miter on me as a bridegroom and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:167…spiritual and evangelical worship i will bless the lord at all times in the lord my soul shall be praised even if i am worthy of praise because some good is found in my actions this…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1105…511 B 7. For he clothed. It must be corrected in the Greek text from ms. H. F. Enedyse gar me — “For he clothed me.” Nor did the Vulgate Bible of Isaiah lxi, 10 [say] otherwise, but instead of euphrosynēs the interpret…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:641…with a garment of salvation, and put a tunic of gladness around me; as a bridegroom he has put a mitre on me, and as a bride he has adorned me with ornaments (Isa. 61:10); and after a little: And thou shalt b…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:543B…e prophet Isaias said, taking up its voice from the person of the Church: "Let my soul exult in the Lord, for He has clothed me with the garment of salvation" (Is. 61:10). And because he was using an example,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1239…him himself within us so that we may joyfully exclaim that saying my soul shall be joyful in the lord for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and with the robe of righteousness…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1493…lothed me in the garment of salvation and the mantle of gladness; he has placed a mitre upon me as a bridegroom, and has adorned me as a bride with ornaments" (Isa. LXI, 10). These shall shine forth in the ki…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1073A…according to the blessed Isaiah: "My soul shall exult in the Lord; for he has clothed me with a garment of salvation, and has put upon me a tunic of gladness" (Isa. LXI, 10).…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:811…concerning which isaiah also says my soul shall rejoice in the lord for he hath clothed me with the garment of salvation b therefore israel shall likewise flourish like this lily having recognized god and having…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:353…the phantasms in sleep are echoes of the thoughts of the day in the lord my soul shall be praised let no one he says praise my own ingenuity by which i was saved from dangers…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:437C…a coat of many colors. And Christ: My soul shall exult in the Lord; for He hath clothed me with the garment of salvation, and with the coat of gladness (Isa. LXI, 10), He hath put a mitre about me as upon…
11Isa 61:11
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…himself with ornaments and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels for as the earth bringeth forth her bud and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth so…