Luke 1:67-80

Revised Geneva Translation

⁶⁷ Then his father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸ “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people!

⁶⁹ “And He has raised up the Horn of Salvation unto us, in the House of His servant David,

⁷⁰ “as He spoke by the mouth of His Holy Prophets. Who were, since the world began, saying,

⁷¹ ‘deliverance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us.’

⁷² “So that He might show mercy towards our fathers, and remember His Holy Covenant -

⁷³ “the oath, which He swore to our father, Abraham -

⁷⁴ “that he would grant to us. So that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve him without fear

⁷⁵ “all the days of our life, in holiness and righteousness before him.

⁷⁶ “And you, child, shall be called the Prophet of the Most High. For you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

⁷⁷ “to give knowledge of salvation to His people, by the remission of their sins

⁷⁸ “through the tender mercy of our God (whereby the Dayspring from on high has visited us),

⁷⁹ “to give light to those who sit in darkness (and in the shadow of death), and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

⁸⁰ And the child grew and became strong in spirit. And he was in the wilderness until the day came that he should show himself to Israel.