Luke 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 1:17

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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ASV

And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.

KJV

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 1.36 (397)

Well, these things are connected; for the spirit is never without virtue, nor is virtue without the spirit. And therefore, perhaps in the spirit and virtue of Elijah; for the holy Elijah had great power and grace: the power to turn the hearts of the people to faith from wickedness, the power of abstinence and patience, and the spirit of prophecy.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Shall go before him - Before the Messiah. The connection here leads us to suppose that the word “him” refers to the “Lord their God” in the previous verse. If so, then it will follow that the Messiah was the Lord God of Israel - a character abundantly given him in other parts of the New Testament. In the spirit and power of Elias - See the notes at Mat 11:14. To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children - In the time of John the Jews were divided into a number of different sects.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2404: “"A People Prepared for the Lord"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1895)

JOHN was the herald of Christ—he was to prepare the way for the coming King—but from this text it appears that he was to do more than that. He was not only to make the road ready for the Lord, but he was also "to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." That was a great work, a task in which he would require strength and wisdom greater than his own.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
αὐτὸς	autos	he himself	G846 →
προελεύσεται	proeleusetai	will go forth	G4281 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πνεύματι	pneumati	[the] spirit	G4151 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δυνάμει	dunamei	power	G1411 →
Ἠλίου	Ēliou	of Elijah	G2243 →
ἐπιστρέψαι	epistrepsai	to turn	G1994 →
καρδίας	kardias	[the] hearts	G2588 →
πατέρων	paterōn	of [the] fathers	G3962 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τέκνα	tekna	[the] children	G5043 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπειθεῖς	apeitheis	[the] disobedient	G545 →
ἐν	en	to	G1722 →
φρονήσει	phronēsei	[the] wisdom	G5428 →
δικαίων,	dikaiōn	of [the] righteous,	G1342 →
ἑτοιμάσαι	hetoimasai	to make ready	G2090 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	for [the] Lord	G2962 →
λαὸν	laon	a people	G2992 →
κατεσκευασμένον.¶	kateskeuasmenon	prepared.	G2680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
leads to
- Malachi 4:5
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Mark 9:11–13
  And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Matthew 17:10–13
  The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- John 1:21–23
  “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
Through
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
leads to
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Mark 1:2–3
  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- John 1:23
  John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”