Luke 1:69
He is sending us someone who will powerfully [MTY] save us, someone who is descended from [MTY] King David, who served God well.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
In Context
70Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:10Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you ◄oppose/are angry with► them. Yahweh, you will judge people everywhere, even those who live in the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power over his enemies.”
2 Samuel 22:3Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield; you are the powerful one [MET] who saves me; you are like a place where I ◄find refuge/am safe►. You save me from those who act violently toward me.
Psalms 18:2Yahweh is like an overhanging rock [DOU, MET] under which I can hide from my enemies; he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me; he protects me like a shield [MET] protects a soldier; he is the one to whom I go ◄for refuge/to be protected/safe►, and he defends me by his great power [IDM].
Psalms 89:17You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] our enemies.
Psalms 132:17There in Jerusalem I will cause one of David’s descendants [MET] to become a great king; he also will be my chosen king, and he will be like a bright lamp [MET] that shines continually.
Isaiah 11:1Like [MET] a new shoot often grows from the stump of a tree, there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
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 →