And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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Gill's Exposition
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us,.... Meaning the Messiah, whom God had now raised up:
in the house of his servant David; in David's family, he being now conceived by a virgin of his…
Barnes' Notes
And hath raised up a horn - A horn is a symbol of strength. The figure is taken from the fact that in horned animals the strength lies in the “horn.” Particularly, the great power of the rhinoceros or…
Adam Clarke
And hath raised up a horn of salvation - That is, a mighty and glorious Savior: a quotation from Psa 18:2. Horns are the well known emblems of strength, glory, and power, both in the sacred and…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a horn of salvation A natural and frequent metaphor. Eze 29:21, "In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth." Lam 2:3, "He hath cut off … all the horn of Israel." Psa…
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