Luke 1:78-79

⁷⁸Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,al

⁷⁹to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”am

Luke 1 opens the Gospel with a formal preface, establishing Luke's historical method and pastoral purpose. The chapter then interweaves two miraculous conceptions: John the Baptist, born to the elderly and barren Elizabeth, and Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit in the vi