People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . c tliercfore chosctt as sym-bols of might, as the lion and river-horse were in other lands where thoseanimals were common. ill the house of . . David] This has a double reference, no doubt. Itprimarily refers to John the Baptist, but to him as the forerunner of thegreater one from the house of David, the Messiah. 70. by the mouth of his holy prophets] Zacharias glances at thegreat chain of Messianic prophecies, from their beginning at the fall
People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . c tliercfore chosctt as sym-bols of might, as the lion and river-horse were in other lands where thoseanimals were common. ill the house of . . David] This has a double reference, no doubt. Itprimarily refers to John the Baptist, but to him as the forerunner of thegreater one from the house of David, the Messiah. 70. by the mouth of his holy prophets] Zacharias glances at thegreat chain of Messianic prophecies, from their beginning at the fall until theclose of Old Testament prophecy. The promises to Abraham make Mes-siah a Jew. Jacobs word limits his descent to the tribe of Judah, andPsalm 89 again declares him to be of the house of David. Isaiah furtherlimits his birth. The Messiah is not to be from the great and the mighty,but from the despised and the lowly. And Micah narrows the field again,and fixes the place of his birth at Bethlehem of Judah. These prophecieswere in the main rightly understood by believing Jews, and Zacharias voiceddevout feeling in these exalted Common Version. 68 Blessed be t>ie Lord God of Israel; for hehath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation forus in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holyprophets, which have been since the worldbegan : Revised Version. 68 Blessed he the Lord, the God of Israel;For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for usIn the house of his servant David 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been of old), Luke 1:71-78.] TfiE PROPHECY OF ZACIIARIAS. 41 71. from our enemies . . that hate us] These two clauses are inapposition, and both refer to the same class; Israels enemies. This may betaken as a temporal and as a spiritual deliverance also. To the Jewish mindthe two were well-nigh inseparable. The pur
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