Luke 1:16
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And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt, go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:

Isaiah 40:3-5 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. . . .

Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Daniel 12:3 But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

Malachi 3:1 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 3:1-6 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea. . . .

Matthew 21:32 For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

Context
Gabriel Foretells John's Birth
15For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 16And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a perfect people.…
Cross References
Matthew 3:2
And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 3:6
And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Luke 3:3
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins.

Lexicon
Many
πολλοὺς (pollous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sons
υἱῶν (huiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of Israel
Ἰσραὴλ (Israēl)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants.

he will turn
ἐπιστρέψει (epistrepsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1994: From epi and strepho; to revert.

back to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[the] Lord
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

God.
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


Additional Translations
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God.

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to [the] Lord their God.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Many of the descendants of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God;

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,
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