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Of the mind, ears, and eyes

January 14th, 2010 1 comment

In recent weeks I’ve been spending a good deal of my free time reading the book of Isaiah and some of its commentaries.  It has been quite an illuminating experience, and looking at the book as a whole has made it somewhat less daunting than I’d always imagined it.  Today I noticed a connection that I thought was quite interesting that I’d like to share with you.

In the Gospel of Luke there is a scene where Jesus opens up the scroll of Isaiah and tells those in the synagogue that the Scripture he read was being fulfilled in their midst.  What he read was from Isaiah 61.1-3,