Luke 1:69 Douay-Rheims

And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant:

George Leo Haydock

1774–1849 Catholic

As Christ was born of the race of David, he is here called the horn of salvation in the house of David. As Isaias says, a vineyard is planted in the horn, chap. v. — A powerful salvation. [10] According to the letter both of the Latin and Greek text, a horn of salvation. But as it is generally agreed, that by horn, in the phraseology of the Scriptures, is understood strength and power, and that horn sounds awkwardly in English, and other languages, I hope it may be literally enough translated, a powerful salvation. (Witham)

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1849 · Luke 1:69

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