Luk 1:16-17. Ἐπιστρέψει, καὶ προελεύσεται, he shall turn, and shall go before) The words presently after in Luk 1:17, to turn, ἐπιστρέψαι, refer to the verb ἐπιστρέψει, in Luk 1:16 : and ἑτοιμάσαι, to make ready, refers to προελεύσεται.-Κύριον, the Lord) Christ is therefore God. Comp. the following verse, ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, before Him-Κυρίῳ, the Lord: and in verse 76 [“the Highest-before the face of the Lord”].