And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost,.... With a spirit of prophecy, as his wife Elisabeth had been before, Luk 1:41.
and prophesied saying; the following things, relating to the…
Barnes' Notes
Filled with the Holy Ghost - See Luk 1:15. And prophesied - The word “prophesy” means: To foretell future events. To celebrate the praises of God (see 1Sa 10:5-6; 1Ki 18:29); then to, Teach or preach…
Adam Clarke
Zacharias - prophesied - The word prophesy is to be taken here in its proper acceptation, for the predicting or foretelling future events.
Zacharias speaks, not only of what God had already done, but…
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…
The Birth of John the Baptist
58. her cousins Rather, her kinsfolk, which was the original meaning of the word cousins(con-sobrini). See Luk 1:36.
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