Luke 1:74 - Adam Clarke

Luke 1:74

72 ^aTo perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,

73 ^aThe oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might ^aserve Him without fear,

75 ^aIn holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

76 “And you, child, will be called the ^aprophet of the Highest;
For ^byou will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

77 To give ^aknowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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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 shall neither have dominion over us, nor existence in us.

2.We are to worship God, , to render him that service and adoration which the letter and spirit of his religion require.

3.Ye are to live in holiness, a strict inward conformity to the mind of Christ - and righteousness, a full outward conformity to the precepts of the Gospel.

4.This is to be done before God, under the continual influence and support of his grace, and with a constant evidence of his presence and approbation.

5.This state is a state of true happiness - it is without fear. Sin is all cast out, holiness is brought in; God' s power upholds, and his approbation cheers and comforts, the believing heart. Thus misery is precluded, and happiness established.

6.This blessedness is to continue as long as we exist - all the days of our life, in all ages, in all situations, and in all circumstances. What a pity to have lived so long without God in the world, when so much happiness and glory are to be enjoyed in union with him!

, in the last clause, is omitted by many MSS., versions, and fathers. Griesbach has left it out of the text: however, it is but of small importance whether we read all our days, or, all the days of our life.

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