Luke 1
  1. Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which are most surely believed among us,  (John 20:31)   (*!*)
  2. just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
    (Acts 1:2;   Heb. 2:3)
  3. it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,  (Acts 1:1)
  4. that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.  (Prov. 22:21;   John 20:31)
  5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah.  His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
  6. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  13. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.  (Luke 1:57;   Luke 1:60;   Luke 1:63;   Luke 3:2)
  34. Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?"
  35. And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.   (Matt. 1:20;   John 10:36;   Heb. 1:2;   Heb 1:8)
  46. And Mary said:
      “My soul magnifies the Lord,
    47. And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.  (1 Tim. 1:1)
    48. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.  (Ps. 72:17;   Ps. 138:6;   Luke 11:27)
    49. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.  (Ps. 111:9)
  67. Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:  (Joel 2:28)
    68. "Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,  (1 Kin. 1:48;   Ps. 111:9)
       For He has visited and redeemed His people,  (Ex. 3:16)
    69. And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,  (Ps. 132:17)
    70. As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began,  (Acts 3:21;   Rom. 1:2)
    71. That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
    72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,  (Lev. 26:42)
    73. The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:  (Gen. 12:3;   Mic. 7:20)
    74. To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,  (Ps. 119:134;   Heb. 9:14)
    75. In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.  (Eph. 1:4)
    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,
      (Matt. 3:3;   _11:9;   Is. 40:3)
    77. To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,
    78. Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring form on high has visited us;
    79. To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, (Is. 9:2) to guide our feet into the way of peace."  (John 14:27)
  80. So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.  (Matt. 3:1)
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