77 And to [a]give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the [b]remission of their sins,

78 Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby (A)the [c]dayspring from on high hath visited us,

79 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of [d]peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:77 Open the way.
  2. Luke 1:77 Forgiveness of sins, is the means whereby God saveth us, Rom. 4:7.
  3. Luke 1:78 Or bud, or branch; he alludeth unto the places in Jer. 23:5; Zech. 3:8 and 6:12, and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.
  4. Luke 1:79 Into the way which leadeth us to true happiness.

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