Luke 1:77
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
In Context
78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:34But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Luke 3:3And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;
Luke 7:47Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less.
John 1:15John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.
John 1:34And I saw, and I gave testimony, that this is the Son of God.
Acts 2:38But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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 →