Luke 1:75

Luke 1:75 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
• New International Version (NIV)in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
• English Standard Version (ESV)in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
• New Living Translation (NLT)in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.

Context of Luke 1:75

73The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 74To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. 76“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, 77To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins,

Luke 1:75 word by word

ἐν ὁσιότητι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• holinessὁσιότηςhosiotēs · holinessG3742
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the daysὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• ofζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Luke 1:75

• Deuteronomy 6:2that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
• Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,
• Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• Jeremiah 32:39then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
• Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
• Matthew 1:21And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
• Ephesians 1:4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
• Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
• Ephesians 4:24and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,
• 2 Timothy 1:9who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
• 1 Peter 1:14as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
• 2 Peter 1:4by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Commentaries on Luke 1:75

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 75In holiness … - In piety and strict justice. Before him - In the presence of God. Performed as in his presence, and with the full consciousness that he sees the heart. The “holiness” was not to be merely external, but spiritual, internal, pure, such as “God” would see and approve. All the days of our life - To death. True religion increases and expands until death.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 67-80Verses 67-80 Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apace to the perfect day. The gospel is discovering; it shows that about which we were utterly in the dark; it is to give light to those that sit in darkness, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. It is reviving; it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 67-79This second song of praise in the birth story of Jesus is called the Benedictus (Latin for “Blessed” or “Praise”). The song expects that God’s Messiah (his chosen leader) will save the Israelites from their enemies. Salvation includes physical rescue and forgiveness of sins (1:77).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 68-7968-79. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine song about his own child; like Elisabeth losing sight entirely of self, in the glory of a Greater than both. Lord God of Israel--the ancient covenant God of the peculiar people. visited and redeemed--that is, in order to redeem: returned after long absence, and broken His long silence (see Mt 15:31). In the Old Testament, God is said to "visit" chiefly for judgment, in the New Testament for mercy…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:75

• Gospel
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Commentaries on Luke 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings