That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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Barnes' Notes
Might serve him - Might obey, honor, and worship him. This was regarded as a “favor.” This was what was promised, and for this Zechariah praised God. Without fear - Fear of death, of spiritual…
Adam Clarke
Being delivered, etc. - The salvation brought by Jesus Christ, consists in the following things: -
1. We are to be delivered out of the hand of our enemies, and from all that hate us; so that sin…
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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