Luke 1:17
Context| NETBible | And he will go as forerunner before the Lord 1 in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, 2 to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.” |
| XREF | 1Sa 7:5; 1Ki 17:1; 1Ki 18:18; 1Ki 21:20; 2Ki 1:4-6,16; 1Ch 29:18; 2Ch 29:36; Ps 10:17; Ps 78:8; Ps 111:10; Isa 29:24; Am 4:12; Mal 4:5,6; Mal 4:6; Mt 3:4,7-12; Mt 11:14; Mt 14:4; Mt 17:11,12; Mt 21:29-32; Mr 9:11-13; Lu 1:16; Lu 3:7-14; Joh 1:13,23-30,34; Joh 1:21-24; Joh 3:28; Ac 10:33; Ro 9:23; 1Co 6:9-11; Col 1:12; 2Ti 2:21; 1Pe 2:9; 2Pe 3:11-14; 1Jo 2:28; Re 20:4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “before him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 sn These two lines cover all relationships: Turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children points to horizontal relationships, while (turn) the disobedient to the wisdom of the just shows what God gives from above in a vertical manner. |
