Luke 1:68. Blessed. Latin: Benedictus, hence the name.

For he hath visited, etc. The past tenses throughout are used because the eye of prophecy regards these certain future events as having already taken place.

Wrought redemption. This sums up the benefits bestowed by the Messiah, regarding them from the priestly point of view. It is very unlikely, that a priest would apply such a word to political deliverance alone.

His people. Comp, the previous clause: ‘the God of Israel.'

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Old Testament