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Luke 1:67 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 67
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,Luke 1:67 · King James Version
Luke 1:67 in context
65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophesiedprophēteuōto prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict, to…G4395 →
- ZachariaszachariasZacharias meaning " remembered of Jehovah" , the father of John the Baptist, son…G2197 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- filledpimplēmito fill, to be fulfilled, to be filledG4130 →
- Ghostpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- Holyhagiosmost holy thing, a saintG40 →
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We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened; in it he is said to prophesy (Luk 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 67-80