Luke 1:68 (WEB)
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
Catechism · 2
I Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God
“He acted far beyond all expectation - he has sent his own 'beloved Son'.” — Catechism footnote: Mk 1:11; cf. Lk 1:5, 68.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Mary's visitation to Elizabeth thus became a visit from God to his people.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:68.
Fathers and councils · 11
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all our days.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 68, etc.
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Augustine of Hippo
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…
Read the whole comment“…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.
Read the whole comment“…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.
Read the whole comment“…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
“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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Catena Aurea on Luke
- 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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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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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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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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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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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Catechism §717.
Cited together in Catechism §422.
Cited together in Catechism §422.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 1:67–68 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §422.
Cited together in Catechism §422.