1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Luke 1:69 | *And hath raised up a horn of salvation to us, in the house of David, his servant. Psalm 131:17. | 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, Luke 5. --- A powerful salvation.{ Ver. 69. Cornu salutis, keras soterias. Abscissum est cornu Moab. (Jeremias 28:25.) Cornu David. (Psalm 74:5.) See also Psalm 131:17, etc.|} 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) |