Meaning of Recovering of Sight to the Blind Inserted in Luke 4:18, but Not in Isaiah 61:1?

Isaiah 61:1  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 11
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Answer: It would seem that the Seventy, who translated the O. T. into Greek, added here from elsewhere in the prophet Isaiah, another beneficent fruit of Messiah’s presence and power, the bestowal of sight on the blind. Dean Alford in his note to this text refers to Isa. 58:66Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6). If this be correctly represented, it is hard to discover the link literally or spiritually. It may be more simply and fairly referred to Isa. 35:55Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. (Isaiah 35:5), where the sense is the same, though the words differ. Luke cites here and elsewhere from the Septuagint. No other lesson seems intended.