KJV: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
YLT: To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,
Darby: to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins
ASV: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,
τοῦ | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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δοῦναι | to give |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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γνῶσιν | knowledge |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: γνῶσις Sense: knowledge signifies in general intelligence, understanding. |
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σωτηρίας | of salvation |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: σωτηρία Sense: deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation. |
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λαῷ | people |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: λαός Sense: a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language. |
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αὐτοῦ | of Him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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ἀφέσει | forgiveness |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἄφεσις Sense: release from bondage or imprisonment. |
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ἁμαρτιῶν | of [the] sins |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Plural Root: ἁμαρτία Sense: equivalent to 264. |
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αὐτῶν | of them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
Greek Commentary for Luke 1:77
“This is the aim and end of the work of the Forerunner” (Plummer). [source]
Wyc. has the science of health. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 1:77
(λυτρωσιν lutrōsin) here originally referred to political redemption, but with a moral and spiritual basis (Luke 1:75, Luke 1:77). [source]
Cf. Acts 17:23. “You know whom to worship, but you do not know him” (Westcott). The Samaritans rejected the prophets and the Psalms and so cut themselves off from the fuller knowledge of God. We We Jews. Jesus is a Jew as he fully recognizes (Matthew 15:24). That which we know Neuter singular relative as before. The Jews, as the chosen people, had fuller revelations of God (Psalm 147:19.; Romans 9:3-5). But even so the Jews as a whole failed to recognize God in Christ (John 1:11, John 1:26; John 7:28). For salvation is from the Jews “The salvation,” the Messianic salvation which had long been the hope and guiding star of the chosen people (Luke 1:69, Luke 1:71, Luke 1:77; Acts 13:26, Acts 13:47). It was for the whole world (John 3:17), but it comes “out of” (εκ ek) the Jews. This tremendous fact should never be forgotten, however unworthy the Jews may have proved of their privilege. The Messiah, God‘s Son, was a Jew. [source]
Or, more literally, have come to know. John does not use the compound forms ἐπιγινώσκειν and ἐπίγνωσις (see on Matthew 7:16. See Luke 1:4; Acts 4:13; Romans 1:28; Ephesians 1:17, etc.), nor the kindred word γνῶσις knowledge(Luke 1:77; Romans 2:20, etc.). [source]