Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; 1 For you will go before the face of the Lord 1 To prepare His ways, 1

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

In Context

75In holiness and righteousness before Him 1 All the days of our life. 1

77To give knowledge of salvation to His people 1 By the remission of their sins, 1

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Cross References

Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: 1 “ A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 1 ‘ Prepare the way of the Lord; 1 make His paths straight.’ ”

Matthew 11:9But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and far more than a prophet.

Matthew 21:26But if we should say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”

Mark 11:32But should we say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all had considered John to have been a prophet indeed.

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 →

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