That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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Gill's Exposition
That we should be saved from our enemies,.... This, and the two following verses, either contain and express the sum and substance of what God spake by the prophets; or point out the end or ends of…
Barnes' Notes
Saved from our enemies - The enemies of “man” are his sins, his carnal propensities, his lusts, and the great adversary Satan and his angels, who continually seek to destroy him. From “these” the…
Adam Clarke
That we should be saved (literally, a salvation) from our enemies - As Zacharias spoke by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the salvation which he mentions here must necessarily be understood in a…
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
That we should be saved Rather, Salvation referring back to "a horn of salvation," to which it is in apposition. The previous verse is a parenthesis.
from our enemies No doubt in the first instance…
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