Or perhaps He was saying both. That is, He came to announce good news to both the spiritually and materially poor, which, of course, He did. In the verse itself, Luke 4:18, both actual and figurative ideas seem to be combined. Healing the brokenhearted seems to be both actual and figurative. Preaching deliverance to the captives seems to be figurative, referring to those captured by sin. Our Lord certainly did not release those actually held captive by the Roman authorities. He did restore actual