누가복음 1:68-74 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:69

And hath raised up a horn of salvation - That is, a mighty and glorious Savior: a quotation from Psalm 18:2 . Horns are the well known emblems of strength, glory, and power, both in the sacred and profane writers, because the strength and beauty of horned animals consist in their horns. Horns have also been considered as emblems of light; therefore the heathen god Apollo is represented with horns, to point out the power, glory, and excellence of the solar light. The Chaldee paraphrast... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:71

That we should be saved (literally, a salvation) from our enemies - As Zacharias spoke by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the salvation which he mentions here must necessarily be understood in a spiritual sense. Satan, death, and sin are the enemies from whom Jesus came to deliver us. Sin is the most dangerous of all, and is properly the only enemy we have to fear. Satan is without us, and can have no power over us, but what he gets through sin. Death is only in our flesh, and shall be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:72

His holy covenant - See the note on Luke 1:54 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:74-75

Being delivered, etc. - The salvation brought by Jesus Christ, consists in the following things: - 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. We are to worship God, λατρευειν , to render him that service and adoration which the letter and spirit of his religion require. Ye are to live in holiness, a strict inward conformity to the mind of Christ - and righteousness, a full... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:68

Verse 68 68.Blessed be the Lord God Zacharias commences with thanksgiving, and in the raptures of the prophetic spirit describes the fulfillment of the redemption formerly promised in Christ, on which the safety and prosperity of the church depended. The reason why the Lord, to whose government the whole world is subject, is here called the God of Israel, will more fully appear from what follows, that to the seed of Abraham, in a peculiar manner, the Redeemer had been promised. Since,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:69

Verse 69 69.He hath raised up the horn of salvation That is, saving power: (71) for, when the throne of David was cast down, and the people scattered, the hope of salvation had to all appearance perished. Zacharias alludes to the predictions of the prophets, which hold out that a sudden revival would take place, when the state of affairs should have become melancholy and desperate. This mode of expression is borrowed from the passage, “There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:70

Verse 70 70.As he spake That the salvation which is said to have been brought by Christ may not be thought doubtful on the score of novelty, he adduces as witnesses all the Prophets, who, though they were raised up at different times, yet with one consent teach, that salvation is to be expected from Christ alone. Nor was it the sole design of Zacharias to celebrate the truth and faithfulness of God, in performing and fulfilling what he formerly promised. His object rather was to draw the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:71

Verse 71 71.Salvation from our enemies Zacharias explains more clearly the power and office of Christ. And certainly it would be of little or no advantage to learn that Christ was given to us, unless we also knew what he bestows. For this reason he states more fully the purpose for which the horn of salvation was raised up: that believers may obtain salvation from their enemies Unquestionably, Zacharias was well aware, that the principal war of the church of God is not with flesh and blood, but... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:72

Verse 72 72.To perform the mercy Zacharias again points out the fountain from which redemption flowed, the mercy and gracious covenant of God. He assigns the reason why God was pleased to save his people. It was because, being mindful of his promise, he displayed his mercy. He is said to have remembrance of his covenant, because there might be some appearance of forgetfulness during that long delay, in which he allowed his people to languish under the weight of very heavy calamities. We must... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:73

Verse 73 73.According to the oath There is no word in the Greek original for the preposition according to: but it is a common and well understood principle of language, that when the accusative case is put absolutely, there is a preposition to be understood, by which it is governed. The oath is mentioned, for the purpose of expressing more fully the firmness and sacredness of his truth: for such is his gracious condescension, that he deigns to employ his name for the support of our weakness. If... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:69

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:71

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:72

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:74-75

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:68

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:69

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:70

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:71

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:72

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:73

Group of Brands