Luke 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Before

Luke 1:16

John 1:13

John 3:28

In

Revelation 20:4

And the

Matthew 21:29

1 Corinthians 6:9

To make

1 John 2:28

Bible References

Before

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord, their God.

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him.

In

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Elias indeed cometh first, and will reform all things.

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes, that Elias must come first?

And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? and he said, I am not. Art thou that prophet? and he answered, No.

And I saw thrones, and persons were seated upon them, and authority to judge was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received the brand in their foreheads, and upon their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And the

But he answering said, I will not: yet repenting afterwards, he went.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

To make

Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore are all we here present before God, to hear all things that are given in charge to thee from God.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:

giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

If therefore a man preserve himself pure from these things, he shall be a vessel for honour, sanctified and highly useful to the master, ready for every good work.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired by purchase; that ye should publish abroad the excellencies of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Seeing then that all these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in a course of holy conduct and acts of piety,

And now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.