John Gill's Exposition on Luke 1:76

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest, etc.] Here Zacharias turns himself to his son John, though an infant, and incapable of knowing what was said to him; and for the sake of those that were present, describes his office and work; and says, that he should be “called”, that is, that he should “be”, and be accounted a “prophet”: for he was not only a preacher of Christ and his Gospel, but he also foretold the coming of the Messiah; and the vengeance that should fall on the Jewish nation, for their unfruitfulness, impenitence, and unbelief: and the Prophet “of the Highest”; that is, of God; as the Persic version renders it, of the most high God; and by whom is meant, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose prophet, harbinger, and forerunner John was; and so is a proof of Christ being the supreme, or most high God: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways; as the angel had suggested in (<420117>Luke 1:17) and as was prophesied of him in (<231103>Isaiah 11:3, <390301>Malachi 3:1). (See Gill on “<400303>Matthew 3:3”).

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