The citation at Luke 4:18-19 has Isaiah as the Speaker, yet I think it would be accurate to also include Jesus as a Speaker because it is evident from v.21 that he had spoken that from the scroll (also vs.16-17).
I recently wrote a paper on this subject. In both the LXX and the Masoretic texts, Jesus quotes Isaiah. Partway through the second verse of Isaiah 61:2, Jesus pauses his citation of verses 1 and 2. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Jesus does not quote the passages in the NT and LXX that have been highlighted. The highlighted text "He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted" is the main difference between the two versions of Luke 4:18. The Byzantine text contains it, whereas the UBS5 text does not. Following ἀπέσταλκέν με, a number of witnesses continue with the words ἰάσασθαι τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν. This is an obvious scribal supplement introduced in order to bring the quotation more completely in accord with the Septuagint text of Is 61:1. -- Metzger, B. M., United Bible Societies. (1994). A textual commentary on the Greek New Testament, second edition a companion volume to the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament (4th rev. ed.) (p. 114). New York: United Bible Societies.
It seems clear that in this passage in Luke 4, Jesus is actually the speaker, reading out loud a passage from the scroll of Isaiah. Isaiah was NOT the speaker in Luke 4.
I'm smiling; technically the scripture doesn't state Jesus read it. The writer of Luke could have been expanding the passage. But probably Jesus did, of course.
Dave's two-fer is best?
Thanks. We have a case to get this update and look for other instances where there is an Old Testament quote without an introductory verb of speaking or surrounding speech.
Yes, it doesn't state that Jesus read it .... it just states:
Lk 4:16-17,20 (ESV)16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, ......20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
What do these words of the writer of Luke indicate concerning the scene and who did the reading of the Isaiah passage? It seems to me that Jesus did read the passage from Isaiah out loud and after rolling up the scroll continued speaking to those assembled.
I thought you might appeal to greek narritive practices ... would be a good example.
It is similar to cases like Mk 7:10, where Jesus is directly quoting Moses. Both are Speakers.
