Luke 1:75

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
In	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
holiness	ὁσιότητι hosiotēti	G3742	piety · noun — dative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
righteousness	δικαιοσύνῃ dikaiosunē	G1343	equity (of character or act) · noun — dative singular feminine
before	ἐνώπιον enōpion	G1799	in the face of (literally or figuratively) · preposition
him	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
all	πάσαις pasais	G3956	all · adjective — dative plural feminine
days	ἡμέραις hēmerais	G2250	day · noun — dative plural feminine
of	ζωή zōḗ	G2222	life (literally or figuratively)
our	ἡμῶν hēmōn	G2257	of (or from) us
life	ζωή zōḗ	G2222	life (literally or figuratively)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was giv…
Jeremiah 31:33-34 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inwar…
Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Psalms 105:44-45 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened; in it he is said to prophesy (Luk 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I. How he was qualified for this: He was filled with the Holy Ghost, was endued with more than ordinary measures and degrees of it, for this purpose; he was divinely inspired. God not only forgave him his unbelief and distrust (which was signified by discharging him from the punishment of it), but, as a specimen of the abounding of grace towards believers, he filled him with the Holy Ghost, and put this…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:74

That he would grant us, &c.--How comprehensive is the view here given! (1) The purpose of all redemption--"that we should serve Him"--that is, "the Lord God of Israel" (Luk 1:68). The word signifies religious service distinctively--"the priesthood of the New Testament" [BENGEL]. (2) The nature of this service--"in holiness and righteousness before Him" (Luk 1:75) --or, as in His presence (compare Psa 56:13). (3) Its freedom--"being delivered out of the hand of our enemies." (4) Its fearlessness--"might serve Him without fear." (5) Its duration--"all the days of our life."

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:74

Being delivered, etc. - The salvation brought by Jesus Christ, consists in the following things: - 1. We are to be delivered out of the hand of our enemies, and from all that hate us; so that sin shall neither have dominion over us, nor existence in us. 2. We are to worship God, λατρευειν, to render him that service and adoration which the letter and spirit of his religion require. 3. Ye are to live in holiness, a strict inward conformity to the mind of Christ - and righteousness, a full outward conformity to the precepts of the Gospel. 4. This is to be done before God, under the continual influence and support of his grace, and with a constant evidence of his presence and approbation. 5. T…

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The Church Fathers

Christ is mercy and justice. We have obtained mercy through him and been justified, having washed away the stains of wickedness through faith that is in him.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON LUKE

For whosoever either departs from God's service before he dies, or by any uncleanness stains either the strictness or purity of his faith, or strives to be holy and righteous before men, and not before God, does not yet serve the Lord in perfect freedom from the hand of his spiritual enemies, but after the example of the old Samaritans endeavours to serve equally the Gods of the Gentiles, and his Lord.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Or in another way; Frequently are men delivered from the hands of the enemy, but not without fear. For when fear and peril have gone before, and a man is then plucked from the enemies' hand, he is delivered indeed, but not without fear. Therefore said he, that the coming of Christ caused us to be snatched from the enemies' hands without fear. For we suffered not from their evil designs, but He suddenly parting us from them, hath led us out to our own allotted resting place.
— Origen of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Covenant, The · Made with: Abraham — Made with: Abraham
Devotedness To God · Should be: Persevering — Should be: Persevering
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Life, Natural · Should be spent in: The service of God — Should be spent in: The service of God
Poetry · .Of Zacharias — .Of Zacharias
Psalms · Zacharias — Zacharias
Righteousness · Saints: Should serve God in — Saints: Should serve God in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 1:75

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:74

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:74

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 1:75

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:74

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:74

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Luke 1:75

John Calvin on Luke 1:67-75

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 1:71