Luke 1:68
“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
In Context
67And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. And he prophesied, saying:
69And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant,
Cross References
Genesis 9:26And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, let Canaan be his servant.
Exodus 3:16Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: When visiting, I have visited you, and I have seen all that has befallen you in Egypt.
1 Kings 1:48And he said: ‘Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who today has bestowed someone to sit upon my throne, while my eyes may see it.’”
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David instructed the entire assembly: “Bless the Lord our God.” And the entire assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers. And they bowed themselves, and they adored God, and next they reverenced the king.
Psalms 72:17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
Psalms 111:9He has distributed, he has given to the poor. His justice shall remain from age to age. His horn shall be exalted in glory.
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 →