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Luke 1:71 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 71
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;Luke 1:71 · King James Version
Luke 1:71 in context
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:
71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- savedsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- handcheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- hatemiseōto hate, pursue with hatred, detest, to be hated, detestedG3404 →
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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