Luke 1:67

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

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And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

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66And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

68Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

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Cross References

Numbers 11:25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.

Luke 1:41And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:58-67

The Birth of John the Baptist. 57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that… Read the whole commentary →

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