Bible Strands
Luke 1:77
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zechariah declares this concerning John the Baptist’s upcoming ministry, framing John’s role as the one who will announce God’s saving intervention to Israel.
The words — γνῶσιν (gnōsin) denotes a concrete, relational knowledge, and σωτηρίας (sōtērias) denotes deliverance or preservation.
The thread — The link between salvation and forgiveness appears in Acts 5:31, Acts 2:38, and Acts 10:43, where the apostolic witness ties repentance and belief directly to the forgiveness granted through Christ.
Why it lands — The text states that salvation is accessed through the explicit knowledge of God’s forgiveness, requiring a reader to abandon reliance on independent merit and accept the provision already declared.
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The Greek words
King James Version
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
Cross-references
- Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
- Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
- John 1:34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
- John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Mark 1:3 “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,