Luke 1:17

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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

Power

2 Kings 14:4

And the

Isaiah 29:24

Matthew 21:29

1 Corinthians 6:9

To make

Bible References

Before

and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten.

ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

In

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' -- 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

Power

And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

And he saith, 'I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;' and Elijah goeth on.

only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

And the

And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!'

And he answering said, 'I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

To make

and Samuel saith, 'Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.'

'O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!

Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;