 In verse 7 we read, In him we have redemption through his, Christ's, blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. Redemption, a payment made to free a slave or captive. When John the Baptist's father Zechariah brought John to be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, the Holy Spirit filled him, and he prophesied in Luke 1, verses 68 through 79.