... things, to proclaim “recovery of sight to the blind.” This is nowhere in the Hebrew version of Isaiah 61:1 and instead comes as a direct citation from the Septuagint. Luke also includes another phrase that is found neither in the Hebrew nor the Greek of Isaiah 61: “to let the oppressed go free.” Although in English “let the oppressed go free” looks very similar to “release to the prisoners,” these are very different Hebrew phrases, so Luke is certainly not reading the Hebrew. Rather, Luke lifts the phrase from the Septuagint of Isaiah 58:6. By putting it into the flow of the citation from Isaiah 61, Luke has Jesus announce his mission as liberation for the poor and oppressed, which he later relates to the repentance of the rich (Luke 16:19-31). Here we see what will become even clearer in Paul's use of the Jewish scriptures: often, the New Testament writers find in the Septuagint material to allow different theological emphases. ...