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Luke 1:67 (WEB)
His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18
“Filled with this Holy Spirit, Zacharias also, the father of John, prophesied, telling how many good things the Only-begotten should procure, and that John should be His harbinger through baptism.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 67.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History V.1Book V
“And he, confessing this with a loud voice, was himself taken into the order of the witnesses, being called the Advocate of the Christians, but having the Advocate in himself, the Spirit more abundantly than Zacharias.” — editor's note: See Luke i. 67
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Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.6Book II
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One…
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 32
“…Him, recognized Him; that Zacharias, being filled with the Holy Ghost, said many things; that Mary herself received the Holy Ghost to conceive the Lord.” — editor's note: Luke i. 35–79.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 52
“…the infant Lord; and that Zacharias and Elisabeth uttered by the Holy Spirit so many predictions concerning Him, when He was not yet born, but only conceived.” — editor's note: Luke i. 41–45, 67–69.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 109
“…aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess; of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin; of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him…” — editor's note: Luke i. 41–45, 67–79.
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Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.8Book II
“Also in that according to Luke: “And Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath foreseen redemption for His people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 67–69.
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Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
God in His mercy and readiness to pardon our sins, not only restores to us what He has taken away, but grants us favours even beyond our expectations. Let no one then distrust Him, let no one from consciousness of…
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John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
That is, “with the working of the Holy Spirit;” for he had obtained the grace of the Holy Spirit, not in any manner, but fully; and the gift of prophecy shone forth in him; as it follows, And he prophesied.
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OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
Now Zacharias being filled with the Holy Spirit utters two prophecies, the first relating to Christ, the second to John. And this is plainly proved by those words in which he speaks of the Saviour as present and…
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John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Zacharias, when he is blessing God, says, that He hath visited His people, meaning thereby either the Israelites in the flesh, for He came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; (Matt. 15:24.) or the spiritual…
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BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
But the Lord visited His people who were pining away as it were from long sickness, and by the blood of His only begotten Son, redeemed them who were sold under sin. Which thing Zacharias, knowing that it would soon…
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