Luke 1:67-80
1599 Geneva Bible
67 [a]Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath [b]visited (A)and [c]redeemed his people,
69 (B)And hath raised up the [d]horn of salvation unto us, in the house of his servant David,
70 (C)As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,
71 That he would send us deliverance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us,
72 That he might show mercy towards our fathers: and [e]remember his holy covenant,
73 (D)And the oath, which he sware to our father Abraham.
74 Which was, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
75 All the days of our life, in (E)holiness and righteousness [f]before him.
76 And thou, [g]babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 And to [h]give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the [i]remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby (F)the [j]dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of [k]peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness, till the day came that he should show himself unto Israel.
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- Luke 1:67 John scarce born, by the authority of the holy Ghost, is appointed to his office.
- Luke 1:68 That he hath showed himself mindful of his people, insomuch that he came down from heaven himself, to visit us in person, and to redeem us.
- Luke 1:68 Hath paid the ransom, that is to say, the price of our redemption.
- Luke 1:69 This word Horn in the Hebrew tongue signifieth might, and it is a Metaphor, taken from beasts, that fight with their horns: and by raising up the might of Israel, is meant, that the kingdom of Israel was defended, and the enemies thereof laid on the ground, even then when the strength of Israel seemed to be utterly decayed.
- Luke 1:72 Declared indeed that he was mindful.
- Luke 1:75 To God’s good liking.
- Luke 1:76 Though thou be at this present never so little.
- Luke 1:77 Open the way.
- Luke 1:77 Forgiveness of sins, is the means whereby God saveth us, Rom. 4:7.
- Luke 1:78 Or bud, or branch; he alludeth unto the places in Jer. 23:5; Zech. 3:8 and 6:12, and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.
- Luke 1:79 Into the way which leadeth us to true happiness.
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