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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 15 MIN

Jesus' First Proclaims Himself to be the Messiah

from Martin Tanner's Religion Today · host Martin Tanner

Recorded in Luke 4:16-21 is Jesus' first proclamation that he is the Messiah. In this episode, host Martin Tanner explains why Jesus read Isaiah 61 from a Greek Bible, and why he stopped reading his quote in the middle of verse 2, mid-sentence. He also explains where the Greek Bible came from, and why it was used in Jewish Synagogues in the first century.

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