Luke 1:76

And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 piety and uprightness before Him all our days.

77To give to His People a knowledge of salvation In the forgiveness of their sins,

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Cross References

Matthew 3:3He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'"

Matthew 11:9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

Matthew 21:26and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."

Mark 11:32Or should we say, `human?'" They were afraid of the people; for all agreed in holding John to have been really a Prophet.

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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