Luke 1:78
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Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

tender.

Psalm 25:6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.

Isaiah 63:7,15 I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies. . . .

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

Ephesians 2:4,5 But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us . . .

Philippians 1:8 For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:

Colossians 3:12 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

1 John 3:17 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?

1 John 4:9,10 By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him. . . .

day-spring.

Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth

Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

Zechariah 3:8 Hear, O Jesus thou high priest, thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are portending men: for behold, I WILL BRING MY SERVANT THE ORIENT.

Zechariah 6:12 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord.

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.

Context
Zechariah's Song
77To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins. 78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: 79To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.…
Cross References
Isaiah 42:16
And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.

Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

Colossians 3:12
Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

2 Peter 1:19
And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

Lexicon
because of
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

[the] tender
σπλάγχνα (splanchna)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4698: Probably strengthened from splen; an intestine; figuratively, pity or sympathy.

mercy
ἐλέους (eleous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1656: Pity, mercy, compassion. Of uncertain affinity; compassion.

of our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

God,
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

which
οἷς (hois)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

[the] Dawn
ἀνατολὴ (anatolē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 395: From anatello; a rising of light, i.e. Dawn; by implication, the east.

will visit
ἐπισκέψεται (episkepsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1980: To look upon, visit, look out, select.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

from
ἐξ (ex)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

on high,
ὕψους (hypsous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5311: Height, heaven; dignity, eminence. From a derivative of huper; elevation, i.e. altitude, the sky, or dignity.


Additional Translations
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

through the affections of compassion of our God, in which the Sunrise will visit us from on high,

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us,

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; wherein [the] dayspring from on high has visited us,

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the day-spring from on high hath visited us,

Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,
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