Luke 1:17
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Note Malachi 4:5–6
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.
He will 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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- before
- Luke 1:16; John 1:13, 23–30, 34; John 3:28
- in
- Malachi 4:5, 6; Matthew 11:14; Matthew 17:11, 12; Mark 9:11–13; John 1:21–24; Revelation 20:4
- power
- 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 21:20; 2 Kings 1:4–6, 16
- Elijah
- Matthew 3:4, 7–12; Matthew 14:4
- turn
- Luke 3:7–14; Malachi 4:6
- and the
- Isaiah 29:24; Matthew 21:29–32; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
- to
- or, by. to make.
- 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 29:36; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 78:8; Psalm 111:10; Amos 4:12; Acts 10:33; Romans 9:23; Colossians 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:21; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:11–14; 1 John 2:28