Luke 1:67
Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,
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- Joel 2:28 : 28 An Outpouring of the Spirit(3:1) After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have prophetic dreams; your young men will see visions.
- Luke 1:41 : 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:15 : 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
- Num 11:25 : 25 And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.
- 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
- 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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- Luke 1:62-665 verses83%
62 So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.
63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.
65 All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.
66 All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.
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11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.
12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.
13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
16 He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”
19 The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
20 And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”
21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.
22 When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.
23 When his time of service was over, he went to his home.
24 After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,
25 “This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
26 Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
- Luke 1:40-423 verses79%
40 and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!
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68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.
- Luke 1:75-762 verses76%
75 in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
- Luke 1:57-604 verses76%
57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.
58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
60 But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.”
- Luke 1:5-62 verses75%
5 Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
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8 Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
- Luke 1:31-322 verses74%
31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
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22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:
- Luke 1:35-373 verses73%
35 The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!
37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”
- Luke 2:26-283 verses73%
26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,
28 Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,
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70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,
- Luke 1:44-452 verses72%
44 For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
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8 Again the LORD’s message came to Zechariah:
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1 ¶ Introduction In the eighth month of Darius’ second year, the LORD’s message came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo:
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49 because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name;
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80 And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.