Luke 1:71

71 salvation from our enemies and from the clutches^[a] of those who hate us.

Luke 1:71 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:71

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 his raising up an horn of salvation, or a Saviour for his people; namely, that they should be saved by him from their enemies: from sin, which wars against the soul, and threatens the destruction of it; from Satan, the avowed and implacable adversary of mankind; from the world, the seed of the serpent, which has always bore an enmity to the seed of the woman; from the law, the killing letter; and from death, the last enemy that is to be destroyed;

and from the hand of all that hate us:
which is only an illustration of the former sentence, or a repetition of it in other words; and designs the same as before.

Luke 1:71 In-Context

69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

70 just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets in ancient times;

71 salvation from our enemies and from the clutches of those who hate us.

72 He has dealt mercifully with our fathers and remembered His holy covenant-

73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham. He has given us the privilege,

Footnotes

• [a] Lit the hand