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Verse Luke 1:72. _HIS HOLY COVENANT_] Luke 1:54....
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TO PERFORM THE MERCY - To show the mercy promised. The expression in
the “original” is, “To make mercy with our fathers” - that is,
to show kindness to our fathers; and the propriety of it is founded...
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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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THE BIRTH OF JOHN. THE BENEDICTAS. In due course Elisabeth bore her
son and received the congratulations of her friends. When the babe has
been circumcised and named, his mother rejects the proposal t...
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His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied
like this: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has
graciously visited his people and wrought deliverance for them. H...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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TO. with. Greek _meta._ App-104....
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_mercy … remember … oath_ These three words have been thought by
some to be an allusion to the three names John (-Jehovah's _mercy_");
Zacharias (- _remembered_by Jehovah"), and Elizabeth (see p. 45)....
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_To perform the mercy promised to our fathers_ It is simply TO DO
MERCY TOWARDS OUR FATHERS. The "promised" is a needless addition of
the E.V....
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The Birth of John the Baptist
58. _her cousins_ Rather, HER KINSFOLK, which was the original meaning
of the word _cousins_(_con-sobrini_). See Luke 1:36....
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72, 73. ἜΛΕΟΣ … ΜΝΗΣΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ … ὍΡΚΟΝ. These
three words have been thought by some to be an allusion to the three
names John (‘Jehovah’s _mercy_’), Zacharias (‘_remembered_ by
Jehovah’), and Elizabeth (s...
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ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ ἜΛΕΟΣ ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΑΤΈΡΩΝ
ἩΜΩ͂Ν. ‘To do mercy towards (lit. ‘with’) our fathers.’
The “promised” is a needless addition of the A. V[43]
[43] A. V. Authorised Version....
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THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
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VER 72. TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FOREFATHERS, AND TO
REMEMBER HIS HOLY COVENANT; 73. THE OATH WHICH HE SWORE TO OUR FATHER
ABRAHAM, 74. THAT HE WOULD GRANT TO US.
THEOPHYL; Having announce...
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_THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF JOHN -- LUKE 1:57-80:_ When Elizabeth's
son was born her relatives and neighbors came on the eighth day to
circumcise him. They called him Zacharias after the name of his...
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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать,
выполнять (_см._ Luke 1:51). _Inf._ выражает
цель,
ΉΓΕΙΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 1:69. ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656)
милость, верность завету (_см._...
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DISCOURSE: 1469
THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS
Luke 1:67. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost,
and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath
visited and redeemed hi...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 5
Paean of Redemption (Luke 1:57-80)
57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth
to a Song of Solomon 5, Song of Solomon 58And her neighbors an
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To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant;
TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS
HOLY COVENANT,...
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56 Miriam remains with Elizabeth until it is time for John to be born.
Though nothing further is told us of their communion, we may easily
imagine the overflowing fullness of joy which characterized t...
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1:72 fulfil (c-2) 'To work,' or 'accomplish.' what the fathers had
lived on by faith as promised mercy. 'Your father Abraham saw my day
and was glad.'...
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Birth and childhood of the Baptist. The Benedictus.
59. The eighth day] Circumcision took place on the eighth day, even
though it was the sabbath: see John 7:22. At the circumcision of a
child the cir...
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THE BENEDICTUS. 'This song, which was composed in the priest's mind
during the time of his silence, broke solemnly from his lips the
moment speech was restored to him, as the metal flows from the
cruc...
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TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS] RV 'To shew mercy
towards our fathers.' THE RV implies that the patriarchs, though dead,
still exist, and take an interest in the fortunes of their poster...
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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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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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TO PERFORM THE MERCY. — The verse has been thought, and with
apparent reason, to contain a reference, after the manner of the
ancient prophets (comp. Isaiah 8:3; Micah 1:10), to the name of the
speake...
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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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ποιῆσαι : in effect epexegetical of salvation, though formally
indicating the aim of the salvation. μετὰ τ. π., as in Luke
1:58, to make mercy with, for to show mercy to. ἁγίας, holy,
applied to anoth...
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_The song of Zechariah_, called from the first word of it in the
Vulgate the _Benedictus_. It is usually divided into five strophes,
but it is more obviously divisible into two main parts, Luke 1:67-7...
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THE SONG AT THE HERALD'S BIRTH
Luke 1:57-80
This song is second only to that of Mary. It is a noble ode, tracing
our Lord's advent back to the early covenant of God with the fathers
and anticipating...
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To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and (k) to remember
his holy covenant;
(k) Declare indeed that he was mindful....
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To remember his holy covenant, i.e. of his promise, or of the covenant
made with Abraham, that he would bless all nations in his seed.
(Witham) --- At the coming of Christ, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob we...
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ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
68-75. “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, because he hath
interposed and wrought redemption for His people, and raised up a horn
of s...
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3. _The song of Zacharias: Luke 1:67-80_.
It might be supposed that Zacharias composed this song in view of the
religious and moral progress of the child, or on the occasion of some
special event in w...
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“ _And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied, saying_, 68. _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He
hath visited and redeemed His people_, 69. _And hath raised up a hor...
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FOURTH NARRATIVE: BIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LUKE
1:57-80.
Here opens the second cycle of the narratives of the infancy. This
first narration comprises 1. The birth of John (Luke 1:57...
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(67) And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and
prophesied, saying, (68) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he
hath visited and redeemed his people, (69) And hath raised up an ho...
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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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72._To perform the mercy _Zacharias again points out the fountain from
which redemption flowed, the _mercy _and gracious _covenant _of God.
He assigns the reason why God was pleased to save his people...
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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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TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS,.... By "mercy" is meant
salvation by Christ, which springs from the mercy of God; the promise
of which was an instance of mercy to the Jewish fathers unde...
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To perform the mercy _promised_ to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant;
Ver. 72. _To perform the mercy_] God's love moves him to promise, his
truth binds him to perform. See both these, 2...
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_That we should be saved from our enemies_ Spiritual as well as
temporal, invisible as well as visible; _and from the hand of all that
hate us_ From Satan and his angels, and all adverse power, and
es...
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TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS HOLY
COVENANT;...
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A hymn of praise:...
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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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67-80 Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and
salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the
day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apac...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:71...
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The fulfilment of the angelic promise to Zacharias in the birth of
John, the obedience of the parents in calling the child by the
appointed name, and the removal of the dumbness of Zacharias at the
ti...
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Luke 1:72. TO SHOW MERCY TOWARD OUR FATHERS. The word ‘promised' was
supplied in the E. V., because of the difficulty involved in the
thought of showing mercy to those already dead. But the expression...
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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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LET US PRAISE THE LORD. Zechariah's prophecy is in Hebrew thought and
idiom. This shows the influence that molded John's character as he
grew up as Zechariah's son. A MIGHTY SAVIOR FOR US. Compare
Phi...
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_And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost_
THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS
I.
Preliminary questions. In the opening portion of St. Luke’s Gospel,
there is a definiteness of time, place, and cir...
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_Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should he delivered_
THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
That which was miraculous at the beginning became natural towards the
close.
This is seen in the case o...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:68 Zechariah’s prophecy is a single sentence
in Greek. It is often called the “Benedictus,” from its first word
in Latin. Like the Magnificat (see note on vv. 46–55), the
Benedictu...
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VER. 35. _And the Angel answered... the Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee_, &c. Mark here that the Incarnation is limited only to the
Person of the Word, or Son of God: for He alone was incarnate and ma...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 1:58. COUSINS.—Rather, “kinsfolk,” which was the original
meaning of “cousins.” HOW THE LORD.—Rather, “that the Lord”
(R.V.).
Luke 1:59. ON THE EIGHTH DAY.—The stated time for a...
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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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Acts 3:25; Acts 3:26; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Galatians 3:15;...
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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 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...