Tender mercy (σπλαγχνα ελεους). Bowels of mercy literally (1 Peter 3:8; James 3:11). Revised margin has it…

Whereby the dayspring, and so forth. The word dayspring means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun. It is called …

Through the tender mercy.—Literally, on account of the bowels of mercy of our God. In this manner the Jews spoke of what …

Theophylact of Ohrid: Because God has forgiven our sins not because of our works, but through His mercy, it is therefore fi…

NIV’s “rising sun” (GK 424) has a dynamic quality that suits a word used in the LXX to translate the word “branch” in Jer 23:5;[Reference Zechariah…

Through the bowels⁸³ of mercy. In such a great benefit, Zacharias justly extols the mercy of God. Not satisfied with m…

Through the tender mercy of our God
or "bowels of mercy", to which the forgiveness of sin is owing; the source and s…

Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the…