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Luke 1:68 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,Luke 1:68 · King James Version
Luke 1:68 in context
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;
70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
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Key words (Strong's)
- redeemedlytrōsisa ransoming, redemption, deliverance, esp. from the penalty of sinG3085 →
- Blessedeulogētosblessed, praisedG2128 →
- visitedepiskeptomaito look upon or after, to inspect, examine with the eyes, in order to see how he isG1980 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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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