Zahnd claims Jesus 'edited' Isaiah 61 in Luke 4 — but Jesus stopped reading mid-sentence, he did not delete text

Zahnd argues that when Jesus rolled up the scroll mid-sentence — stopping before the phrase 'and the day of vengeance of our God' — he was deliberately striking vengeance out of Scripture. Zahnd even includes an image in his book showing the Isaiah text with that phrase crossed out. Winger's rebuttal: (1) Partial quotation is not editing. Jesus read one sentence and stopped; he did not strike text. (2) The normal interpretation: Jesus's first coming inaugurates the year of the Lord's favor (grace); the day of vengeance is delayed but not abolished. God is long-suffering, not willing that any should perish (2 Pet. 3:9). (3) The crowd's reaction (Luke 4:20–22) is favorable until they question his identity ('Is this not Joseph's son?') — they were not bothered by his omission of vengeance, only by who he claimed to be. Zahnd's reading of the crowd's anger as rejection of vengeance is imported, not exegeted. This 'Jesus edits Isaiah' move is necessary for Zahnd's theology because his version of Jesus must be able to override the Old Testament — but the method is textually baseless.