Luke 1:77
New International Version
to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

New Living Translation
You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins.

English Standard Version
to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

Berean Standard Bible
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

Berean Literal Bible
to give knowledge of salvation to His people, in forgiveness of their sins,

King James Bible
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

New King James Version
To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins,

New American Standard Bible
To give His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

NASB 1995
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

NASB 1977
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

Legacy Standard Bible
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

Amplified Bible
To give His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

Christian Standard Bible
to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to give His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

American Standard Version
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“That he may give the knowledge of life to his people in forgiveness of their sins,”

Contemporary English Version
You will tell his people that they can be saved when their sins are forgiven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:

English Revised Version
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will make his people know that they can be saved through the forgiveness of their sins.

Good News Translation
to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

International Standard Version
and to give his people knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of their sins.

Literal Standard Version
To give knowledge of salvation to His people | In forgiveness of their sins,

Majority Standard Bible
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

New American Bible
to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

NET Bible
to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

New Revised Standard Version
to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins.

New Heart English Bible
to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins,

Webster's Bible Translation
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins,

Weymouth New Testament
To give to His People a knowledge of salvation In the forgiveness of their sins,

World English Bible
to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

Young's Literal Translation
To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

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Context
Zechariah's Song
76And 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, 77 to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,…

Cross References
Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more."

Mark 1:4
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.


Treasury of Scripture

To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

give.

Luke 3:3,6
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; …

Mark 1:3,4
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight…

John 1:7-9,15-17,29,34
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe…

by.

Luke 7:47-50
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little…

Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(77) To give knowledge of salvation.--This, as the form of the Greek verb shows, was to be the object of the Baptist's mission. Men had lost sight of the true nature of salvation. They were wrapt in dreams of deliverance from outward enemies, and needed to be taught that it consisted in forgiveness for the sins of the past, and power to overcome sins in the future.

The remission of their sins.--Historically, this was the first utterance of the words in the Gospel records, and we may well think of it as having helped to determine the form which the work of the Baptist eventually took. It is interesting to compare it with our Lord's words at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:28), and so to think of it as being the key-note of the whole work from the beginning to the end. Different in outward form as were the ministries of the Baptist and our Lord, they agreed in this.

Verse 77. - To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins. Zacharias goes on to celebrate the splendid part his son was to play in the great Messianic drama, he was to be Messiah's pioneer in order to give men the true information respecting the Deliverer's work. Israel was mistaken altogether in its conception of the salvation which they really-needed. Godet puts it with great force. "Why," he asks, "was the ministry of the Messiah preceded by that of another Divine messenger? Because the very notion of salvation was falsified in Israel, and had to be corrected before salvation could be realized. A carnal and malignant patriotism had taken possession of the people and their rulers, and the idea of a political deliverance had been substituted for that of a moral salvation. There was need, then, of another person, divinely authorized, to remind the people that perdition consisted not in subjection to the Romans, but in Divine condemnation; and that salvation, therefore, was not temporal emancipation, but forgiveness of sins."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
to give
δοῦναι (dounai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

to
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

people
λαῷ (laō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

knowledge
γνῶσιν (gnōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1108: Knowledge, doctrine, wisdom. From ginosko; knowing, i.e. knowledge.

of salvation
σωτηρίας (sōtērias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4991: Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety.

through
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] forgiveness
ἀφέσει (aphesei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 859: A sending away, a letting go, a release, pardon, complete forgiveness. From aphiemi; freedom; pardon.

of their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sins,
ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.


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