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Isaiah 61 is the sixty-first chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. [1]
The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Isaiah 63 is the sixty-third chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. [1] Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. [2]
The key scriptural passage was Isaiah 63:3, taken as spoken by Christ, says "I have trodden the winepress alone", and wine-stained clothes are mentioned. This passage was closely echoed in Revelation 19:15: "He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty", and the clothes are also soaked, this time with blood. [ 19 ]
The Isaiah Scroll, designated 1QIsa a and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll, is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1. [1] The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end, apart from a few small damaged portions. [ 2 ]
Christians assert that Jesus was predicted by Isaiah, as attested in Luke 4:16–22, [86] where Jesus is portrayed as saying that the prophecies in Isaiah were about him. [ v ] The New Testament explicitly quotes from Isaiah 53 [ 87 ] in Matthew 8:16–18 [ 88 ] to indicate that Jesus is the fulfillment of these prophecies.
In the Acts of the Apostles, Paul the Apostle draws on the prophecy of Isaiah in his preaching announcing Jesus as the Messiah Acts 13:47 Acts 26:23. This has been related to Jesus' identification of himself with the light of the world in John's Gospel, [9] saying; "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. The World English Bible translates the passage as: For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet,