Luke 1:76

And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

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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

75All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.

77And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes,

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Cross References

Psalms 87:5And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.

Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord whom ye seeke, shall speedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire: beholde, he shall come, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Matthew 3:3For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his pathes straight.

Matthew 11:9But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.

Matthew 21:26And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

Mark 11:32But if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he was a Prophet in deede.

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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