Luke 1:78

mercy [σ π λ α γ χ ν α ε λ ε ο υ ς]. Lit., bowels of mercy. See on 1 Peter 3:8; James 5:11. Rev. gives heart of mercy in margin. Wyc., frightfully, entrails of mercy.

The day - spring from on high [α ν α τ ο λ η ε ξ υ ψ ο υ ς]. Lit., the rising. The word occurs in the Septuagint as a rendering of branch, as something rising or springing up, by which the Messiah is denoted (Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 6:12). Also of the rising of a heavenly body (Isaiah 60:19, Sept.). Compare the kindred verb arise [α ν α τ ε λ λ ω] in Isaiah 60:1; Malachi 4:2. This latter is the sense here. See on Matthew 2:2. Wyc. has he springing up from on high.

Hath visited [ε π ε σ κ ε ψ α τ ο]. See on Matthew 25:36; 1 Peter 2:12. Some, however, read ejpiskeyetai, shall visit. So Rev.