78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 67-80)We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened ; in it he is said to prophesy (Luke 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying ; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I. How he was qualified for this: He was filled with the Holy Ghost , was endued with more than ordinar…
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