Luke 1:17

“Going before Jesus "in the spirit and power of Elijah", John bears witness to Christ in his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom.” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:17; cf. Mk 6:17-29.

“John the Baptist, who goes "before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah," proclaims Christ as the one who "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:17; 3:16.

“In these poor, the Spirit is making ready "a people prepared for the Lord."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:17.

“In John, the precursor, the Holy Spirit completes the work of "[making] ready a people prepared for the Lord."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:17.

“It is to the poor and the first representatives of the gentiles that she makes him known.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:15-19; Mt 2:11.

“…had also made promise to Him, that He would send His messenger before His face, who was John, crying in the wilderness, in “the spirit and power of Elias,” “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight paths before our God.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 17.

“…send His messenger before the face of His Son, who should prepare His way, that is, that he should bear witness of that Light in the spirit and power of Elias.” — editor's note: Luke i. 17.

“(Luke 1:17) As Elias then will preach the second advent of our Lord, so John preached His first; as the former will come as the precursor of the Judge, so the latter was made the precursor of the Redeemer.” — the author cites it

“And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.” — editor's note: Luke i. 5–36.

Chapter IX.—Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes Which Luke Has Given Us is Not to Be Identified with the Record of an Apparently Similar Incident Which John Has Reported…

“Whence it is also written of John, that he “came in the spirit and power of Elias;” and by the spirit of Elias is meant the Holy Spirit, whom Elias received.” — editor's note: Luke i. 17

“When John was conceived, or rather when he was born, the Holy Spirit prophesied that this would be fulfilled in him: “And he shall be,” he said, “the forerunner of the Highest, in the spirit and power of Elias.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 17.

“She was filled with admiration for the manner of life followed by Elijah and by John the Baptist; both of whom confined and mortified their loins with girdles of skin, while the second of them is said to have come in the spirit and power of Elijah as the forerunner of the Lord.” — editor's note: Matt. xi. 14; Luke i. 17.

“…him Moses and Elias—the one a monogamist, the other a voluntary celibate (for Elias was nothing else than John, who came “in the power and spirit of Elias”); while that “man gluttonous and toping,” the “frequenter of luncheons and suppers, in the company of publicans and sinners,” sups once for all at a single…” — editor's note: See Luke i. 17.

“That the Light that is exceeding bright should follow the Candle—Forerunner, and the Word, the Voice, and the Bridegroom, the Bridegroom’s friend, that prepared for the Lord a peculiar people and cleansed them by the water in preparation for the Spirit?” — editor's note: A reminiscence of S. Luke i. 17.

“It is a matter of course that His forerunners must appear first, as He says by Malachi and the angel, “I will send to you Elias the Tishbite before the day of the Lord, the great and notable day, comes; and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the…” — editor's note: Or it may be, “Malachi, even the messenger.” ᾽Αγγέλου is the reading restored by Combefisius instead of ᾽Αγγαίου. The words of the angel in Luke i. 17 (“and…

Next to his becoming the rejoicing of many, the greatness of his virtue is prophesied; as it is said, For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. The greatness signified is not of the body, but of the soul.…

For many are called great before men, but not before God, as the hypocrites. And so in like manner was John called great, as the parents of John were called just, before the Lord.

He extended not the boundaries of an empire, nor brought back in triumph the spoils of war, (but, what is far greater,) preaching in the desert he overcame by his great virtue the delights of the world, and the lusts…

Sicera is interpreted “drunkenness,” and by the word the Hebrews understand any drink that can intoxicate, (whether made from fruits, corn, or any other thing.) But it was part of the law of the Nazarites to give up…

On whomsoever the Holy Spirit is poured, in him there is fulness of great virtue; as in St. John, who before he was born, when yet in his mother’s womb, bore witness to the grace of the Spirit which he had received,…

But what John’s work is to be, and what he will do through the Holy Spirit, is shewn as follows; And many of the children of Israel shall he turn, &c.

John indeed turned many, but it is the Lord’s work to turn all to God their Father.

Now since John (who, bearing witness to Christ, baptized the people in His faith) is said to have turned the children of Israel to the Lord their God, it is plain that Christ is the God of Israel. Let the Arians then…

But we need no testimony that St. John turned the hearts of many, for to this point we have the express witness of both prophetic and and evangelical Scriptures. For the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare…

In the spirit and power of Elijah.—He says not, in the mind of Elijah, but in the spirit and power. For the spirit which was in Elijah came upon John, and in like manner his power.

For never is the spirit without power, nor power without the spirit. And therefore it is said, in the spirit and power; because holy Elijah had great power and grace. Power, so that he turned back the false hearts of…

But what was foretold of Elias by Malachi, is now spoken by the angel of John; as it follows, That he should turn the hearts of the parents to the children; (Mal. 4:5, 6.) pouring into the minds of the people, by his…

Or else; The Jews were the parents of John and the Apostles; but, nevertheless, from pride and infidelity raged violently against the Gospel. Therefore, like dutiful children, John first, and the Apostles after him,…

But because he had said that Zacharias’ prayer for the people was heard, he adds, To make ready a people prepared1 for the Lord; by which he teaches in what manner the same people must be healed and prepared; namely,…

Or, John made ready a people not disbelieving but prepared, that is, previously fitted to receive Christ.

This sacrament 2 of preparation is even now fulfilled in the world, for even now the spirit and power of John must come upon the soul, before it believes in Jesus Christ.

Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Gregory the Great on John 1:19–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.

Cited together in Catechism §716.

Cited together in Catechism §716.

Cited together in Catechism §696.

Cited together in Catechism §716.

Cited together in Catechism §716.

Cited together in Catechism §716.

Cited together in Catechism §724.

Cited together in Catechism §718.

Cited together in Catechism §718.

Cited together in Catechism §718.

Cited together in Catechism §718.

Luke 1:17 takes up the words of Malachi 4:6 (11 words in common).