11 translations · Greek
Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Luke 4:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
- KJV King James Version
- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- ASV American Standard Version
- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “The Spirit of the LORD [is] on Me, || Because He anointed Me || To proclaim good news to the poor, || Sent Me to heal the broken of heart, || To proclaim to captives deliverance, || And to blind receiving of sight, || To send the bruised away with deliverance,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to announce good news to the destitute. He has sent me to proclaim that prisoners will be released, the blind will see, the oppressed will be freed,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,
- DBY Darby Translation
- [The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πνεῦμα | Pneuma | [The] Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | of [the] Lord [is] | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἐπ’ | ep’ | on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ἐμέ | eme | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| Οὗ | Hou | — | G3739 ὅς which |
| εἵνεκεν | heineken | because | G1752 ἕνεκα because of |
| ἔχρισέν | echrisen | He has anointed | G5548 χρίω to anoint |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| Εὐαγγελίσασθαι | Euangelisasthai | to preach good news | G2097 εὐαγγελίζομαι to speak good news |
| πτωχοῖς | ptōchois | to [the] poor | G4434 πτωχός poor |
| Ἀπέσταλκέν | Apestalken | He has sent | G649 ἀποστέλλω to send |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| κηρῦξαι | kēryxai | to proclaim | G2784 κηρύσσω to preach |
| αἰχμαλώτοις | aichmalōtois | to [the] captives | G164 αἰχμάλωτος captive |
| ἄφεσιν | aphesin | liberty | G859 ἄφεσις forgiveness |
| Καὶ | Kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τυφλοῖς | typhlois | to [the] blind | G5185 τυφλός blind |
| ἀνάβλεψιν | anablepsin | recovery of sight | G309 ἀνάβλεψις recovery of sight |
| Ἀποστεῖλαι | Aposteilai | to release | G649 ἀποστέλλω to send |
| τεθραυσμένους | tethrausmenous | [the] oppressed | G2352 θραύω to crush |
| ἐν | en | — | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἀφέσει | aphesei | — | G859 ἄφεσις forgiveness |
Related verses
- Isaiah 61:1
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
- Matthew 11:5
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Psalm 146:7–8
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
- Acts 10:38
even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- Luke 7:22
Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- Isaiah 42:7
to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
- John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Isaiah 29:18–19
In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Read all of Luke 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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