Luke 1:16

And many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

In Context

15And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his Em (mother), + 1:15 Num 6:3; Lv 10:9; Judg 13:4; Jer 1:5

17And he will go forth before Adonoi in the ruach (spirit) and koach (power) of Eliyahu HaNavi, VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM (And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children) + 1:17 Mal 3:23 and those without mishma'at (obedience) he will turn to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am (People) having been made ready. + 1:17 Mal 3:23,24

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:6And He said: 1 It is too small a thing that Thou shouldest be Eved to Me 1 to raise up the Shivtei Ya'akov, 1 and to bring back the Netzurei Yisroel (Preserved of Israel, the She'erit); 1 I will also give Thee for Ohr Goyim, 1 that Thou mayest be My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) unto the ketzeh ha'aretz. 1

Malachi 3:1Hineni, I will send malachi, 1 and he shall prepare the Derech before me: 1 and HaAdon (the L-rd) [Moshiach], + 3:1 Zech 4:14 whom ye seek, 1 shall suddenly come to His Heikhal, 1 even the Malach HaBrit, in whom ye have chafetz (delight): 1 hinei, He is coming, saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Matthew 21:32For Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva came to you in the Derech Tzidkat Hashem (Way of Righteousness), and you did not believe him. But the mochesim and the zonot believed him. But you, even after you saw, did not change your mind + 21:32 i.e., make teshuva and believe him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26

The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →

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