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The Spirit, &c. Quoted in Luk_4:18, Luk_4:19. The speaker id therefore the Messiah.
Spirit. Hebrew ruach. App-9.
the Lord. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, omit "Adonai".
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
anointed. Mat_3:17, with the Divine formula of consecration, "This is My Son", for the office of Prophet; Mat_17:5 for the office of Priest; Psa_2:7 and Heb_1:5, for the office of King.
meek = oppressed, or lowly ones.
bind up. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
the opening of the prison = an opening of the understanding or heart, instead of prison doors. Occurs only here. Heb, pekah-koah, referring to the opening of the vision.