Isaiah 61:2
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2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
Isaiah 61:2
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2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] [a]and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,(A)
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- Isaiah 61:2 See footnote on Ezek. 34:28.
2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 for he says,
“At an acceptable time I listened to you.
In a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
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2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!(A)
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Luke 4:19
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19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Luke 4:19
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19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day [a]when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound].(A)
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- Luke 4:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
Hebrews 3:7
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Hebrews 3:7
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7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice,
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him].
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Hebrews 4:7
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7 he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said),
“Today if you will hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 4:7
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7 Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts.(A)
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