John Chrysostom, on Luke 1:67

“And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost; and he prophesied, saying:”

“Zacharias, when he is blessing God, says, that He hath visited His people, meaning thereby either the Israelites in the flesh, for He came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel; (Matt. 15:24.) or the spiritual Israel, that is, the faithful, who were worthy of this visitation, making the providence of God of good effect towards them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.