“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
- KJV Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
- NKJV “Blessedis the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,
- NASB “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
- NLT “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people.
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Quick answer
Zacharias blesses God for visiting and redeeming his people. He celebrates God's saving intervention.
Overview
The Benedictus opens by praising the Lord, the God of Israel, for coming to redeem his people. The language of visitation and redemption recalls the Exodus and points to a greater salvation in Christ. God is acting to deliver his people through the coming Messiah.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Ps 106:48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
- Luke 7:16A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
- Ps 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
- Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Exod 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- 1 Kgs 1:48saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
- Exod 3:16–17Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Luke 2:38Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
- Ps 72:17–19May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Gen 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
- 1 Chr 29:10Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Gen 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
- Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
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