Luke 1:76

Footnotes

1. 229 Now Zechariah describes his son John (you, child) through v. 77.
2. 230 Or “a prophet”; but since Greek nouns can be definite without the article, and since in context this is a reference to the eschatological forerunner of the Messiah (cf. John 1:17), the concept is better conveyed to the English reader by the use of the definite article “the.”
3. 231 In other words, John is a prophet of God; see 1:32 and 7:22–23, 28.
4. 232 Most , especially the later ones (A C D L Θ Ψ 0130 f1, 13 33 𝔐 sy), have πρὸ προσώπου κυρίου (pro prosōpou kuriou, “before the face of the Lord”), but the translation follows the reading ἐνώπιον κυρίου (enōpion kuriou, “before the Lord”), which has earlier and better support (𝔓4 א B W 0177 ) and is thus more likely to be authentic.
5. 233 This term is often translated in the singular, looking specifically to the forerunner role, but the plural suggests the many elements in that salvation. On the phrase prepare his ways see Isa 40:3–5 and Luke 3:1–6.