76 And thou, [a]babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

77 And to [b]give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the [c]remission of their sins,

78 Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby (A)the [d]dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:76 Though thou be at this present never so little.
  2. Luke 1:77 Open the way.
  3. Luke 1:77 Forgiveness of sins, is the means whereby God saveth us, Rom. 4:7.
  4. Luke 1:78 Or bud, or branch; he alludeth unto the places in Jer. 23:5; Zech. 3:8 and 6:12, and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.

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