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 King James Version (NKJV)In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

Context of Luke 1:75

73the vow which He swore to Abraham our father, to grant us— 74rescued fearlessly from the hand of our enemies—to serve Him, in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. 76And you, child, will be called a prophet of Elyon. For you will go before Adonai to prepare His ways, 77to give knowledge of salvation to His people through removal 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 6:2so that you might fear Adonai your God, to keep all His statutes and mitzvot that I am commanding you and your son and your son’s son all the days of your life, and so that you may prolong your days.
• Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, so they inherited the labor of the peoples
• Jeremiah 31:33No longer will each teach his neighbor or each his brother, saying: ‘Know Adonai,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.” it is a declaration of Adonai. “For I will forgive their iniquity, their sin I will remember no more.”
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so they may fear Me forever; for their good and for their children after them.
• Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations, gather you out of all the countries and bring you back to your own land.
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son; and you shall call His name Yeshua, for He will save His people from their sins.”
• Ephesians 1:4He chose us in the Messiah before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love.
• Ephesians 2:10For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.
• Ephesians 4:24and put on the new self—created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through sanctification by the Ruach and belief in the truth.
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us with a holy calling— not because of our deeds but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before time began,
• 1 Peter 1:14Like obedient children, do not be shaped by the cravings you had formerly in your ignorance.
• 2 Peter 1:4Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.

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

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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