Luke 1:71
Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
In Context
70(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
72To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
Psalms 106:10And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.
Isaiah 14:1For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.
Isaiah 54:7For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
Jeremiah 30:9But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.
Ezekiel 28:26And they will be safe there, building houses and planting vine-gardens and living without fear; when I have sent my punishments on all those who put shame on them round about them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord their God.
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 →