Proclaim forgiveness to the Captives

Taken from Luke 4:18.

Let us look at the second phrase "for he has anointed me". This word for "anointed" is the same root as the wood we get Christ from, "chrisen". The phrase "he has sent me" is of course from the same word we get apostle from - apestalken (Robertson- First aorist active indicative of the verb chrioœ from which Christ (Christos) is derived, the Anointed One. Isaiah is picturing the Jubilee year and the release of captives and the return from the Babylonian exile with the hope of the Messiah through it all. Jesus here applies this Messianic language to himself.)- And the best one is 'proclaim the release to the captives. - Only it could easily read - "to proclaim forgiveness or remission of sin to the captives". We are in captivity because of our sin - We are freed by the anointed apostle by forgiveness being minister or proclaimed to us. This word kerusso - to preach can mean "to proclaim or herald"(example (Rev.5:2). Some have tied it to the trumpet being blown and tidings being proclaimed (Green). This is quite a powerful message that Christ is proclaiming reading from the scroll of the Bible.