Lukas 1:67

67 Und sein Vater Zacharias ward des heiligen Geistes voll, weissagte und sprach:

Lukas 1:67 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:67

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost,
&c.] With a spirit of prophecy, as his wife Elisabeth had been before, ( Luke 1:41 )

and prophesied
saying; the following things, relating to the Messiah, his incarnation and redemption by him; to the accomplishing of the covenant, oath, promise and mercy of God to his people; and to his son, the forerunner of Christ; and to his work and office, in the various parts and branches of it, which he should perform. Whence it appears, that the following song is of divine inspiration; and that Zacharias spake it as he was moved by the Holy Ghost, as the prophets of old did.

Lukas 1:67 In-Context

65 Und es kam eine Furcht über alle Nachbarn; und die ganze Geschichte ward ruchbar auf dem ganzen jüdischen Gebirge.
66 Und alle, die es hörten, nahmen's zu Herzen und sprachen: Was, meinst du, will aus dem Kindlein werden? Denn die Hand des HERRN war mit ihm.
67 Und sein Vater Zacharias ward des heiligen Geistes voll, weissagte und sprach:
68 Gelobet sei der HERR, der Gott Israels! denn er hat besucht und erlöst sein Volk
69 und hat uns aufgerichtet ein Horn des Heils in dem Hause seines Dieners David,
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