The Source of the Saying of Jesus that the LORD has sent him to preach the Gospel to the poor and to heal the brokenhearted

Chapter III

The Sources of the Gospels and the Way of Writing Them

Section IV

The Texts that were attributed directly to the Old Testament in the Gospels

In this section we will examine the texts of the Old Testament that were attributed directly to it, and the Gospels authors said that they have not been fulfilled, and achieved only in Jesus and his time and his generation, to find out what is the truth and the reality of them, and if the Gospels authors have told the truth or not.

16 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus that the LORD has sent him to preach the Gospel to the Poor and to heal the Brokenhearted

Luke 4:16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

Luke 4:17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Luke 4:19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

Luke 4:20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

Luke 4:21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 4:22 So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph’s son?"

Luke 4:23 He said to them, "You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country’."

Luke 4:24 Then He said, "Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

In this text Luke writes that Jesus has read this text from the book of Isaiah directly, and said that what is written has been fulfilled on that day, and described himself as a prophet by saying no prophet is accepted in his hometown, and then Luke wrote that the people said that he is the son of Joseph! These things, i.e., Prophet and son of Joseph, contradict the attributes, which were developed to him by the various churches as a god and the son of God, and one of three Persons who are one and have the same nature and essence, because there is no comparison between the Lord and the prophet, as well as it contrasted with what is written in the Gospels that he was born without a Biological Father!

In spite of these issues, we should read the text of Isaiah to make sure whether what was written by Luke on the lips of Jesus is true or not, which is as follows:

Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,

These are the paragraphs that mentioned by Luke on the lips of Jesus, and the first thing that draw attention is the difference between the words that are used here and the words used in the text of Luke, and this happened because Luke had quoted the text from the Septuagint Version, and this is unacceptable and unimaginable because everyone knows that the Jews were not  using the Septuagint Version in their synagogues because they never accept this version,  even in these days!

Septuagint Version

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind.

Hebrew Version

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound.

But now let's continue reading the text to see if it was talking about Jesus and his time or not.

Isaiah 61:3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

Isaiah 61:4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.

In these paragraphs begins talking about the children of Israel, and how that the LORD GOD will give console to those who mourn in Zion, and give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified; and they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. And all these things have not been happened in the time of Jesus, because the Jews at that time were under Roman Rule; which means that the text was not talking about Jesus and his time, as Luke wrote on the lips of Jesus.

Isaiah 61:5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

In this paragraph we read that the foreigners at that time will be shepherds and plowmen and vinedressers for the Jews, and this was not the case of the Jews in the time of Jesus, because the Jews at that time were subject to the Romans and they were paying tribute, even Jesus himself was paying tribute, which indicates that the text was not talking about Jesus or his time.

Isaiah 61:6 But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast.

Isaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

The first paragraph says that the Jews will be the priests of the Lord at that time, and this has been rejected by the churches and the New Testament authors, because they say that the covenant of the priesthood has been set aside with the Jews, as shown in the first chapter.

And says that the Jews shall eat the wealth of the Gentiles, and in their glory they shall boast, and instead of their shame they shall have double honor, and instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion, therefore in their land they shall possess double, and everlasting joy shall be theirs.

And this also was not the case of the Jews in Jesus' time as it is well-known, which means that the text was not talking about Jesus and his time!

Isaiah 61:8 "For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 61:9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed."

These paragraphs say that the LORD will make with the Jews an everlasting covenant, and I wonder where are the promises of the churches for their followers, those who most of them non-Jews? And if we say that this covenant has set aside after the coming of Jesus, as Paul and the churches say, so could we say that this text also has set aside, while Jesus himself states that this text is talking about him?!

And if this covenant with the Jews was ended, could we say that this text also did pass away, which was rejected by Jesus by saying "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled," (Matthew 5:18), and here we do not find only one jot or one tittle, but dozens of jots and tittles pass away; if they said that this covenant has been ended!

And the rest of the text shows that the speaker in the text will greatly rejoice in the LORD, and his soul shall be joyful in his God, and linking the beginning of this text with the middle and the end, we will know it was not talking about Jesus, and this shows the way or the method or the approach of writing the Gospels, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in their stories, regardless of what was those texts talking about, or where have been written whether in the Hebrew Version, or in the Septuagint Version, or if they contradict what they have already written in the Gospels themselves, or with the laws of the faith of the churches, just to bestow a state of holiness, credibility and reliability on their Gospels, which means that our law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this story.

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its bud, As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.