Luke Chapter 1 verse 74 Holy Bible
To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,
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That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
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to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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To grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
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To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 74, 75. - Might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. What Zacharias looked on to was a glorious theocracy based upon national holiness. Israel, freed from foreign oppression and internal dissensions, would serve God with a worship at once uninterrupted and undefiled.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(74) That he would grant unto us . . .--The form of the Greek indicates even more definitely than the English that this was the end to which the "covenant" and the "oath" had all along been pointing.Might serve him without fear.--The service is that of worship as well as obedience. This was the end for which deliverance from enemies was but a means. Here, again, the form of the hope points to its early date. What prospect was there, when St. Luke wrote his Gospel, of any deliverance of the Jews from their earthly enemies? By that time, what was transitory in the hymn had vanished, and the words had gained the higher permanent sense which they have had for centuries in the worship of the Church of Christ.
