Luke 1:75-77
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
75 in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.(A)
76 And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord[a] to prepare his ways,(B)
77 to give his people knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
Footnotes
- 1:76 You will go before the Lord: here the Lord is most likely a reference to Jesus (contrast Lk 1:15–17 where Yahweh is meant) and John is presented as the precursor of Jesus.
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