Luke 1:67-80

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Zechariah Prophesies That John Will Prepare The Way For The Messiah

⁶⁷ And Zechariah, his father, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying ⁶⁸ “Blessed be the Lord God^[a] of Israel, because He visited us and accomplished^[b] redemption for His people, ⁶⁹ and raised-up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David His servant (⁷⁰ just as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the past age^[c]), ⁷¹ a salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all the ones hating us, ⁷² so as to show mercy to^[d] our fathers and remember^[e] His holy covenant (⁷³ the oath which He swore to Abraham our father)— that He might grant to us that ⁷⁴ having been delivered from the hand of our enemies, we might be serving^[f] Him fearlessly ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him for all our days. ⁷⁶ And indeed you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most-High. For you will go before the Lord so as to prepare His ways^[g], ⁷⁷ that you might give^[h] His people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins ⁷⁸ because of the deep-feelings-of mercy of our God, with which^[i] the rising^[j] Sun from on-high will visit us ⁷⁹ so as to shine-upon the ones sitting in darkness and a shadow of death, that He might direct^[k] our feet into the way of peace”.

John Remains In Seclusion Until His Public Appearance To Israel

⁸⁰ And the child was growing and becoming-strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate places until the day of his public-appearance^[l] to Israel.