Luke 1:17 meaning and explanation
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:17, Berean Standard Bible
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The angel Gabriel is speaking to Zechariah, an elderly priest, about the son Elizabeth will bear. The child will go before the Lord as a forerunner, and Gabriel describes him in the spirit and power of Elijah, the prophet Malachi promised would come before the great day of the Lord.
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