Luke 1:74
without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
73the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us,
75in piety and righteousness before him all our the days of our life.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:39but ye shall ye fear LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be saved by LORD with an everlasting salvation. Ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them. And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Ezekiel 39:28And they shall know that I am LORD their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land. And I will leave none of them any more there,
Zechariah 9:8And I will encamp the army around my house, that none pass through or return, and no oppressor shall pass through them any more. For now I have seen with my eyes.
Romans 6:22But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →