Luke 1:77 Meaning and Explanation
“To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Luke 1:77 Mean?
Zacharias defines the herald's message: knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins. John's call to repentance will teach Israel that the deliverance now coming is first of all forgiveness.
Here the song's earlier hope of rescue finds its center. Humanity's deepest captivity is guilt, and remission — release, the untying of the debt — is the doorway to every other freedom. To know salvation is not merely to know about it but to receive sins forgiven. This is the knowledge John lived to give.
Luke 1:77 in the Original Language
aphesis (ἄφεσις), 'remission' -- release; the cancelling of a debt, the forgiveness of sins.
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What does Luke 1:77 mean?
John will give God's people the knowledge of salvation through the remission of their sins.