Luke’s gospel is clearest on this note: “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,” where, on the Sabbath, he read from the scroll of Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.[11] Interpretation: Jesus did what he did by drawing on his connection to the capacities of God. My point is: Jesus did miracles not by flexing his God muscles like Thor but by living in
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