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having spoken he added: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me. It would be clear to those who do not hold the opinion that the Christ of God is either a mere man, or a Word without flesh and without a body, having partaken of nothing of mortal nature. But they say that he is at once both God and man; God in that he is "the only-begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father," and man in that he is understood to have been born "of the seed of David according to the flesh." Therefore, indeed, God the Word, who is spoken of literally through the prophecy, along with the other promises he has made, also added this, saying: I the Lord will gather them at the appointed time. Then he presents the man whom he had assumed, introducing him as saying: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me. And it has often been shown through what has gone before, how "the Spirit of God has rested upon him who is from the root of Jesse," "and the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and the spirit of counsel and might, and the spirit of knowledge and godliness." Hence, our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ is fittingly recorded in the Gospel according to Luke as having taught that the prophecy was fulfilled in him, when "he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and he went into the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was delivered to him, which he opened and found: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, he has sent me, to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. When he had closed the book and given it back to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them that today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth." And paying attention to the time indicated by the phrase, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled," you would find that at that very time, "after he was baptized in the Jordan, the Holy Spirit, descending in the form of a dove," "remained on him." Then "he was led up into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil"; then "coming to Nazareth he read" the aforementioned prophecy. Wherefore he accurately added: "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." For at that very time, "when the Holy Spirit descended on him in the form of a dove," the prophecy spoken in his own person was fulfilled: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; for he would not have been said to be anointed with a bodily anointing in the same way as the men of old; for he would have had nothing exceptional, if he had been anointed in the same way as other men. But now, having received the anointing with the Holy Spirit, he is shown to be exceptional beyond all and the only-begotten Christ of God. And the words, "He has sent me to preach good news to the poor," were fulfilled at that time, when "preaching the kingdom of heaven" he also offered the beatitudes to his disciples, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," but he also healed the brokenhearted, ministering to them with the promises, through which he said: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted," and "Blessed are those who weep, for they shall laugh." And already he also preached release to the gentiles whose souls were held captive by invisible and spiritual enemies, commanding his disciples and saying: "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," through which he brought about the forgiveness of their former impieties. Thus, therefore, he both preached release to the captives and proclaimed recovery of sight to those suffering from blindness, inasmuch as they were enslaved to polytheistic error, and he called "the acceptable year of the Lord" that which he himself made his own year for the whole time during which, spending his time with men, days of light to those with him

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εἰρηκότος ἐπήγαγε· Πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με. σαφὲς ἂν γένοιτο τοῖς τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ μήτε ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δοξάζουσι μήτε ἄσαρκον καὶ ἀσώματον λόγον οὐδὲν τῆς θνητῆς φύσεως μεταληφότα. ὁμοῦ λέγουσι δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ θεὸν εἶναι καὶ ἄνθρωπον· θεὸν μὲν καθ' ὃ «μονογενής» ἐστι «θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός», ἄνθρωπον δὲ καθ' ὃ νοεῖται «ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αυὶδ» γεγονὼς «κατὰ σάρκα». ὃ δὴ τοίνυν θεὸς λόγος ὁ διὰ τῆς προφητείας κυριολεκτούμενος μεθ' ὧν ἄλλων πεποίηται ἐπαγγελιῶν καὶ τοῦτο προσέθηκεν εἰπών· ἐγὼ κύριος κατὰ καιρὸν συνάξω αὐτούς. εἶθ' ὅπως παρίστησιν ὃν ἀνείληφεν ἄνθρωπον εἰσάγων φάσκοντα· Πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με. πολλάκις δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἀπεδείχθη, ὅπως «ἐπαναπέπαυται ἐπὶ τὸν ἐκ ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ» «πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ συνέσεως καὶ πνεῦμα βουλῆς καὶ ἰσχύος καὶ πνεῦμα γνώσεως καὶ εὐσεβείας». ἐντεῦθεν εἰκότως ὁ σωτὴρ καὶ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λουκᾶν Εὐαγγελίῳ πεπληρῶσθαι ἐπ' αὐτῷ διδάξας τὴν προφητείαν, ὁπηνίκα «ἦλθεν εἰς Ναζαρέτ, οὗ ἦν ἀνατεθραμμένος, καὶ εἰσῆλθε κατὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων εἰς τὴν συναγωγήν, ἀνέστη τε ἀναγνῶναι. καὶ ἐπεδόθη αὐτῷ βιβλίον Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, ὅπερ ἀνοίξας εὗρε τό· Πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς, ἀπέσταλκέ με, κηρύξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν, ἀποστεῖλαι τεθραυσμένους ἐν ἀφέσει, κηρύξαι ἐνιαυτὸν κυρίου δεκτόν. ὅτε πτύξας τὸ βιβλίον καὶ ἀποδοὺς τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ ἐκάθισε· καὶ πάντων οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἦσαν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ. καὶ ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν. καὶ πάντες ἐμαρτύρουν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐθαύμαζον ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις τῆς χάριτος τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ». ἐπιστήσας δὲ τῷ καιρῷ τῷ δηλουμένῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ· «σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη», εὕροις ἂν ὅτι κατ' αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον «μετὰ τὸ βαπτισθῆναι ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατελθὸν» «ἔμεινεν ἐπ' αὐτόν». εἶτα «ἀνήχθη εἰς τὴν ἔρημον πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου»· εἶτα «ἐλθὼν εἰς Ναζαρὲτ ἀνέγνω» τὴν εἰρημένην προφητείαν. διόπερ ἀκριβῶς ἐπήγαγε τό· «σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν». κατ' αὐτὸν γάρ τοι τὸν καιρὸν «τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατελθόντος ἐπ' αὐτὸν» ἐπληροῦτο ἡ ἐξ αὐτοῦ προσώπου λέγουσα προφητεία· Πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με· οὐ γὰρ σωματικῷ χρίσματι τοῖς παλαιοῖς ὁμοίως χρισθεὶς ἂν εἴρηται· οὐδὲν γὰρ εἶχεν ἐξαίρετον, εἰ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁμοίως κέχριστο. νυνὶ δὲ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι τὸ χρίσμα λαβὼν ἐξαίρετος παρὰ πάντας καὶ μονογενὴς Χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀποφαίνεται. καὶ τό· εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς ἀπέσταλκέ με, κατὰ τὸν ἐκεῖνον ἐπληροῦτο καιρόν, ἐν ᾧ «κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν» καὶ τοὺς μακαρισμοὺς τοῖς αὐτοῦ προὔφερε μαθηταῖς λέγων· «μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν», ἀλλὰ καὶ ἰᾶτο τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν θεραπεύων ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις, δι' ὧν ἔλεγε· «μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται», καί· «μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ γελάσονται». ἤδη δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἠχμαλωτισμένοις ὑπὸ τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ νοητῶν πολεμίων ἐκήρυττεν ἄφεσιν τοῖς αὐτοῦ παρακελευομένοις μαθηταῖς καὶ λέγει· «πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος», δι' ὧν τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν προτέρων ἀσεβημάτων προὐξένει. οὕτως οὖν καὶ τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις ἐκήρυττεν ἄφεσιν καὶ τοῖς ἀβλεψίαν δὲ νοσοῦσιν ὡς τῇ πολυθέῳ δεδουλῶσθαι πλάνῃ ἀνάβλεψιν ἐκήρυττε, ἐνιαυτὸν δὲ δεκτὸν κυρίου ἐκάλει, ὃν αὐτὸς ἐνιαυτὸν οἰκεῖον ἐποίει πάντα τὸν χρόνον, καθ' ὃν τὰς σὺν ἀνθρώποις διατριβὰς ποιούμενος φωτὸς ἡμέρας τοῖς αὐτῷ