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Verse Luke 1:5. _IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, THE KING_] This was _Herod_,
surnamed the _Great_, the son of _Antipater_, an Idumean by birth, who
had professed himself a proselyte to the Jewish religion, bu...
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IN THE DAYS OF HEROD - See the notes at Matthew 2:1.
OF THE COURSE OF ABIA - When the priests became so numerous that they
could not at once minister at the altar, David divided them into 24
classes o...
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THE GOSPEL OF LUKE
Analysis and Annotations
I. The Birth and Childhood -- Chapter 1-2:52
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Introduction. (Luke 1:1)_
2. Zacharias and Elizabeth; the Vision. (Luke 1:5)
3. John th...
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PREDICTION OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Lk. alone gives the
story, which perhaps existed independently. and had been preserved in
Baptist circles like that of Acts 19:1. Its Jewish character and...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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In the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, there was a priest called
Zacharias, who belonged to the section of Abia. His wife was also a
direct descendant of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth. Both of t...
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THERE WAS. There came to be.. Hebraism, Compare Luke 1:8, and see on
Luke 2:1.
IN. Greek _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:15;
Luke 1:20;...
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The Announcement of the Birth of the Fore-runner
5. _There was in the days_ The elaborate style of the Preface is at
once replaced by one of extreme directness and simplicity, full of
Hebraic expressi...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
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ΓΥΝῊ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. The reading of אBCDLX Gr[1] La[2] Ti[3]
&c.; ‘_he had a wife_’ instead of the ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ
‘his wife _was_’ of the _Rec_[4]
[1] Gr. Griesbach.
[2] La. Lachmann.
[3] Ti. Tischendorf.
[4]...
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VER 5. THERE WAS IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, THE KING OF JUDEA, A CERTAIN
PRIEST NAMED ZACHARIAS, OF THE COURSE OF ABIA: AND HIS WIFE WAS OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF AARON, AND HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH. 6. AND THEY W...
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_THE BIRTH OF JOHN WAS ANNOUNCED -- LUKE 1:5-25:_ The birth of both
John and Jesus took place while Herod was king of Judea. During this
time there was a good man names named Zacharias. He was a pries...
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ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 1:2 (_см._ Luke
2:1).
ΈΦΗΜΕΡΊΑ (G2183) дневная служба; чреда
ﬦשׁﬦﬧ) священников, которые неели
службу в течение недели. Все
священники делились на 24 семьи ил...
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IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, &C.— See on Matthew 2:1. The descendants of
Aaron multiplied to such a degree, that they could not all do duty in
the temple at once; David therefore divided them into twenty-fou...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Preparing for the Redeemer (Luke 1:5-25)
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named
Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the
da...
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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
THERE WAS, IN TH...
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1 Many biographies of the life of our blessed Lord were composed
during the lifetime of those who had known Him. Luke had exceptional
opportunities for such a work and proposes to write an account whi...
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CONCEPTION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. The rise of Christianity was preceded
by a long period of four hundred years, during which prophecy was
silent, and the religious guidance of the nation passed to the r...
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BIRTH OF JOHN. THE ANNUNCIATION
1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a
classical custom, and by following it St. Luke shows himself a true
Gentile, trained in Greek cult...
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The classical style of the preface now changes abruptly to one which
is deeply tinged with Hebraisms. This Hebraic style continues to the
end of Luke 2. Some scholars explain it by supposing that St....
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
THE AUTHOR
Luke wrote two books of the *New Testament (NT). Luke’s *Gospel
tells the story of the life and work of Jesus. Luke’s second book,
Acts, continues...
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THERE WAS IN THE DAYS OF HEROD. — The writer begins, as he had
promised, with the first facts in the divine order of events. The two
Chapter s that follow have every appearance of having been based
or...
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CHAPTER 1
THE GENESIS OF THE GOSPEL.
THE four walls and the twelve gates of the Seer looked in different
directions, but together they guarded, and opened into, one City of
God. So the four Gospels l...
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CHAPTER 2
THE MUTE PRIEST.
Luke 1:5; Luke 1:57.
AFTER his personal prelude, our Evangelist goes on to give in detail
the pre-Advent revelations, so connecting the thread of his narrative
with the br...
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_The parents of John_. ἐγένετο, there was, or there lived.
ἐν ταῖς ἡ., etc.: in the days, the reign, of Herod, king of
Judaea. Herod died 750 A.C., and _the Christian_ era begins with 753
A.C. This da...
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_The birth of the Baptist announced_. From the long prefatory
sentence, constructed according to the rules of Greek syntax, and with
some pretensions to classic purity of style, we pass abruptly to th...
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THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS
Luke 1:1-12
The opening verses are very explicit. They are answer enough to those
who question the story of our Lord's supernatural birth and early
years. Luke did not...
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There (2) was (f) in the days of (g) Herod, the king of Judaea, a
certain priest named Zacharias, of the (h) course of Abia: and his
wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth....
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The Almighty appointed Moses that there should be but one high priest
at a time, to whom, at his decease, a successor should be chosen. This
rule obtained until the time of David, by whom, by the insp...
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OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS
5. John the Baptist was a bonafide Aaronic priest in a pre-eminent
sense, both his father and his mother belonging to the family of
Aaron.
6. _“They were both righteous before G...
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1. _The trial: Luke 1:5-7_. For 400 years direct communications
between the Lord and His people had ceased. To the lengthened
seed-time of the patriarchal, Mosaic, and prophetic periods, had
succeeded...
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FIRST NARRATIVE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LUKE
1:5-25.
The first words of the narrative bring us back from the midst of
Greece, whither we were transported by the prologue, into...
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FIRST PART: THE NARRATIVES OF THE INFANCY, LUKE 1:5 TO LUKE 2:52
Both the first and the third Gospel open with a cycle of narratives
relating to the birth and childhood of Jesus. These narratives do n...
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(5) There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain
priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. (6) And they wer...
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The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of
either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious
reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
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Luke very properly begins his Gospel with John the Baptist, just as a
person who was going to speak about the daylight would commence with
the dawn. For, like the dawn, he went before the Sun of Right...
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Many had undertaken to give an account of that which was historically
received among Christians, as related to them by the companions of
Jesus; and Luke thought it well having followed these things fr...
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THERE WAS IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, THE KING OF JUDEA,.... This was Herod,
the son of Antipater, sometimes called Herod the Great, and is rightly
here said to be the king of Judea; for, by deputation from...
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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife _was_ of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name _was_ Elisabeth.
Ver. 5. _In th...
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_There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea_ This is he who is
commonly known by the name of _Herod the Great_, a cruel, ambitious
man, who, without any title, obtained the crown of Judea from...
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COURSE OF ABIA; the priests were divided into twenty-four courses or
classes. 1 Chronicles 24:7-18. Each officiated a week, from one
Sabbath to the next. The course of Abia, to which Zacharias belonge...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST'S BIRTH.
The parents of John:...
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THERE WAS IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, THE KING OF JUDEA, A CERTAIN PRIEST
NAMED ZACHARIAS, OF THE COURSE OF ABIA; AND HIS WIFE WAS OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF AARON, AND HER NAME WAS ELISABETH....
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LUKE'S GOSPEL WRITTEN FOR A GENTILE RULER
(vs.1-4)
Luke's introduction shows that, though he was concerned about giving
exact information in this letter to Theophilus, he had not thought of
being an...
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5-25 The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all
are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they
were eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, an...
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The Holy Ghost, for infinitely wise reasons, giveth us here an account
both of the time when John the Baptist was born, and also of his
parentage. It was IN THE DAYS OF HEROD, THE KING OF JUDEA, that...
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Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
But Luke said, "There was a priest, by name Zachariah, of the course
of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron: "[27]...
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Luke 1:5 was G1096 (G5633) in G1722 days G2250 Herod G2264 king G935
Judea G2449 certain G5100 priest...
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ZACHARIAS GOES UP TO THE TEMPLE AND IS PROMISED A SON WHO WILL PREPARE
THE WAY FOR GOD'S MESSIAH, AND HE IS MADE DUMB IN GOD'S PRESENCE
(1:5-25).
From this point on until the end of chapter 2 all is w...
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‘There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both...
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Luke 1:5. IN THE DAYS OF HEROD. See on Matthew 2:1.
A CERTAIN PRIEST. Not the high-priest
ZACHARIAS, _i.e.,_ ‘the Lord remembers.'
OF THE COURSE OF ABIJAH. The _eighth_ of the twenty-four classes...
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Chaps. 1 and 2 forming the _first part_ of the Gospel, narrate ‘the
miraculous birth and normal development of the Son of Man.' Chap. 1
tells of events preceding the birth of Christ, namely, the
annou...
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THERE WAS
(εγενετο). Not the usual εν for "was," but there arose or
came into notice. With this verse the literary _Koine_ of verses 1 to
4 disappears. To the end of chapter 2 we have the most Hebra...
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HEROD
Herod the Great.
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 2:1). _...
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Luke 1:5
Man's Extremity God's Opportunity.
Reflect:
I. On the low ebb to which the fortunes of the house of Israel were
reduced at the period when St. John the Baptist was miraculously born.
The ve...
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Luke 1:5. _There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a
certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife
was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they...
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Luke 1:5. _There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a
certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife
was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they...
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CONTENTS: Birth of John the Baptist foretold. Virgin birth of Jesus
foretold. Mary's visit to Elizabeth. Mary's praise because of
Jehovah's favor. Birth of John the Baptist.
CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit,...
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Luke 1:1. _Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order
a declaration of those things,_ which within a short compass of years
have been acted and accomplished among us. In the first age,...
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DURING THE TIME WHEN HEROD WAS KING. Herod the Great (_see note on_
Matthew 2:1). A PRIEST NAMED ZECHARIAH. Not a "chief priest," one of
the lower ranks. ORDER OF ABIJAH. All the priests were grouped...
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_A certain priest named Zacharias._
--Mark how immediately the historian betakes himself to the collateral
line. Something very suggestive in this. No one life independent of
other lives. As every tex...
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S. LUKE'S GOSPEL
Third Edition
J OHN H ODGES,
AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
1892.
INTRODUCTION.
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T
HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the
Holy Evangelical H...
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_There was in the days of Herod._ S. Luke begins by mentioning the
name of Herod to point out the time when John the Baptist and Christ
were born; and also to show that the sceptre had now departed fr...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 1:5. HEROD, THE KING OF JUDÆA.—He also ruled over Galilee,
Samaria, and the greater part of Peræa. He was the son of Antipater,
an _Edomite_, and had been imposed upon the Jewish...
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EXPOSITION
THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail
the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever be an
interesting study. Here we shall never know the exact...
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Luke, the author of this third gospel, was called by Paul the apostle
"the beloved physician." There is some speculation that his patron was
a man by the name of Theophilus. In those days physicians w...
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1 Chronicles 24:10; 1 Chronicles 24:19; Matthew 2:1; Nehemiah 12:17;...
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King. A title decreed to Herod by the Roman Senate on the
recommendation of Antony and Octavius. The Greek style now gives place
to the Hebraized style. See Introduction.
Course [ε φ η μ ε ρ ι α ς]. L...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_ Selections from Luke 1:1_ _and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...
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THE REVELATIONS OF GOD
Luke 1:5
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We begin here a series of studies taken from the Gospel of Luke. This
is the Gospel that emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of Man.
It wi...
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The course of Abia — The priests were divided into twenty — four
courses, of which that of Abia was the eighth, 1 Chronicles 24:10.
Each course ministered in its turn, for seven days, from Sabbath to...
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In this and the following verses, the Holy Ghost gives us. description
of John the Baptist, who was the harbinger and forerunner of our
Saviour Christ; he is described, first by his parentage, being t...