John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ,.... According to the Targum, these are the words of the prophet concerning himself; and so say Aben Ezra and Kimchi; but the latter elsewhere says F16 Sepher Shorash. rad. משח they are the words of the Messiah, who should say, "because the Lord hath anointed me", &c.; and another of their writers F17 Ben Melech in loc. is in a doubt about them; either, says he, they are the words of the prophet with respect to the Messiah, or the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 61:1-3
He that is the best expositor of scripture has no doubt given us the best exposition of these verses, even our Lord Jesus himself, who read this in the synagogue at Nazareth (perhaps it was the lesson for the day) and applied it entirely to himself, saying, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears (Luke 4:17, 18, 21); and the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, in the opening of this text, were admired by all that heard them. As Isaiah was authorized and directed to... read more