Luke 1:16

And many of the children of Israel,.... To whom only, or at least chiefly, he was sent, and came preaching, and administering the ordinance of baptism; and great multitudes of them flocked unto him,…

Children of Israel - Jews. Descendants of Israel or Jacob. Shall he turn - By repentance. He shall call them from their sins, and persuade them to forsake them, and to seek the Lord their God.

Many of the children of Israel shall he turn - See this prediction fulfilled, Luk 3:10-18.

The two preceding evangelists had agreed to begin the gospel with the baptism of John and his ministry, which commenced about six months before our Saviour's public ministry (and now, things being…

many … shall he turn Eze 3:19; Isa 40:3; Mat 3:3-6. The word for - turn" is sometimes rendered - convert" as in Luk 22:32, -when thou art converted." These words resume the thread of prophecy which…