John, Son of Thunder

They were both righteous before God

Luke 1:5 Zacharias OT Zechariah = Yah has remembered

2 Kings 18:2 Hezekiah =Strengthened of Yah Abijah = Father (i.e. worshiper) of YahZechariah = Yah has remembered

Those awaiting the consolation of Israel, will be strengthened of Yahweh, as the Father remembers his covenant with the forefathers.

Luke 1:5 Aaron = light bringer (BDB)

Luke 1:6 Righteous, walking, blameless

Matt 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Luke 1:5 Elisabeth OT Elisheba = Ail of the oath

Luke 1:5 Abia = OT Abijah Father (i.e.worshiper) of Yah

Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Ex 12:26-27And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.Deut 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Zacharias & Elisabeth

Joseph & Mary Zebedee & Salome

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John the Baptiser

Jesus the Christ John the Beloved

Gen 3:15 “HER SEED”

Luke 1:14-1714 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Isa 40:3 Make straight = yashar (yaw-shar'); a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be right, pleasant, prosperous:

Ps 107:1-16 The covenant of Yahweh, and his saving arm

Ps 107:7 Right = yashar (yaw-shawr'); from yashar; straight (literally or figuratively): -convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet (-est), pleased well right (-eous), straight, (most) upright (-ly, -ness).

Luke 1:14-1714 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Isa 40:3 Make straight = yashar (yaw-shar'); a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous:

Ps 107: 7 Right = yashar (yaw-shawr'); from yashar; straight (literally or figuratively): -convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet (-est), pleased well right (-eous), straight, (most) upright (-ly, -ness).

Deut 33: 5, 26 Jeshurun = Yeshuruwn (yesh-oo-roon'); from yasher; upright; Jeshurun, a symbol. name for Israel:

Deut 33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Deut 33:2 Paran = ornamental from pa'ar (paw-ar'); a primitive root; to gleam

Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Disobedient = unpersuadableWisdom = phronesis (fron'-ay-sis); from phroneo (fron-eh-o); mental action or activity, i.e. intellectual or moral insight:phroneo = to exercise the mind

To make ready =hetoimazo (het-oy-mad'-zo); from hetoimos; to prepare:

-hetoimos (het-oy'-mos); from an old noun heteos (fitness); adjusted, i.e. ready:

Prepared = kataskeuazo (kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo); to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas hetoimazo refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create:

Of the just = dikaios (dik-ah-yos) equitable, from dike (dee-kay) = right

Luke 1:72-73 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

To prepare =hetoimazo (het-oy-mad'-zo); from hetoimos; to prepare: hetoimos (het-oy'-mos); from an old noun heteos (fitness); adjusted, i.e. ready:

Salvation = Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Remission = aphesis (af'-es-is); from aphiemi (af-ee’ay-mee); freedom; (figuratively) pardon:aphiemi (af-ee'-ay-mee) from apo (apo’);to send forthApo; off, away ( from something near)

Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Matt 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Yahweh was to now institute all of the principles of the Laws he had given to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David, in one act...baptism!!! Lev 4,5,6 etc all inform us that the offerer was forgiven their transgressions, but could do nothing for the root cause that was their misfortune, not their crime, the flesh. God sent his son to condemn what mortals could not do, thus a new testament to Yahweh’s work was manifest in Christ, and the way into the Holiest of all was opened.

Luke 1:76-7976 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.anatole (an-at-ol-ay'); from anatello; a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural):anatello (an-at-el'-lo); from ana and the base of tellos; to (cause to) arise:ana (an-ah'); a primary preposition and adverb; properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.):tellos (teimmediate, ultimate or prophetic], purpose); specifically, an impost or levy (as paid):l'-os); from a primary tello (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly, the point aimed at as a limit, i.e. (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination [literally, figuratively or indefinitely], result

anatole (an-at-ol-ay'); from anatello; a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural):Matt 8: 11 “east”Matt 24:27 “east”

anatello (an-at-el'-lo); from ana and the base of tellos; to (cause to) arise:2 Peter 1:19-21”the day star “arise” “

Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,episkeptomai (ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee); (middle voice from epi (superimposition of time, place order) and skopos, (the idea of concealment) to inspect, i.e. (by implication) to select; by extension, to go to see, relieve:Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Darkness = skotos (skot'-os); from the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):Shadow = Skia ; "shade" or a shadow (literally or figuratively [darkness of error or an adumbration]):2 =established , sure

To give light = epiphaino (ep-ee-fah'-ee-no); to shine upon, i.e. become (literally) visible or (figuratively) known:

To guide =Kateuthuno (kat-yoo-thoo’-no) to straighten fully

way = hodos, a road, progress

V76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare (to adjust, make ready) his ways;

Matt 21:32 John came in the “Way (road, progress) of Righteousness”