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Luke 1:74-75 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verses 74–75
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.Luke 1:74-75 · King James Version
Luke 1:74-75 in context
72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- deliveredrhyomaito draw to one's self, to rescue, to deliver, the delivererG4506 →
- holinesshosiotēspiety towards God, fidelity in observing the obligations of piety, holinessG3742 →
- enemiesechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- beforeenōpionin the presence of, before, of occupied place in that place which is before, or over…G1799 →
- grantdidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- servelatreuōto serve for hire, to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of…G3000 →
- handcheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
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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