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Verse 32. _HE SHALL BE GREAT_] Behold the greatness of the _man_
Christ Jesus:
1st. Because that human nature that should be born of the virgin was
to be united with the Divine nature.
2dly. In cons...
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HE SHALL BE GREAT - There is undoubted reference in this passage to
Isaiah 9:6. By his being “great” is meant he shall be
distinguished or illustrious; great in power, in wisdom, in dominion
on earth...
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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 JESUS. Lk. alone gives this narrative.
Three or four months before _the birth of Elisabeth's_ child, Gabriel
comes to Nazareth and announces to Mary, a virgin betrothed to o...
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In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of
Galilee called Nazareth, to a maiden who was betrothed to a man called
Joseph, who belonged to the house of David. The maiden's name...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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HE SHALL BE GREAT, &c. Marks the break in the Dispensations, verses:
Luke 1:32; Luke 1:33 being yet future.
THE HIGHEST. the Most High. Greek _hupsiatos._ Occurs seven times in
Luke (Luke 1:32;...
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The Annunciation
26. _in the sixth month_ i. e. after the vision of Zachariah. This is
the only passage which indicates the age of John the Baptist, as half
a year older than our Lord.
_Galilee_ Thus...
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_shall be called_ i. e. shall be. The best comment on this verse is
furnished by the passages of Scripture in which we find the same
prophecy (Micah 5:4; 2 Samuel 7:12; Isaiah 9:6-7;...
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ΚΛΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. i.e. shall be. The best comment on this verse is
furnished by the passages of Scripture in which we find the same
prophecy (Micah 4:7; Micah 5:4; 2 Samuel 7:12;...
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THE ANNUNCIATION...
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VER 30. AND THE ANGEL SAID TO HER, FEAR NOT, MARY FOR YOU HAVE FOUND
FAVOR WITH GOD. 31. AND, BEHOLD, YOU SHALL CONCEIVE IN YOUR WOMB AND
BRING FORTH A SON, AND SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS. 32. HE SHALL...
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_THE BIRTH OF JESUS WAS ANNOUNCED -- LUKE 1:26-56:_ A month after the
announcement of John's birth God sent Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee
with a message for a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to a...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Promise of the Birth of Jesus
Scripture_
Luke 1:26-38 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betro...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 4
Predictions of the Redeemer (Luke 1:26-56)
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man...
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_HE SHALL BE GREAT, AND SHALL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE HIGHEST: AND
THE LORD GOD SHALL GIVE UNTO HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID:_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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18 Zacharias does not believe the glad news. Hence he is stricken
dumb, for unbelief has no right to speak of the things of God.
19 Gabriel gave Daniel the explanation of two of his visions
(Dan_8:16...
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1:32 Highest; (b-12) 'Highest' is a name, Hebrew _ Elyon_ . I notice
therefore the absence of 'the.' see Genesis 14:18 . God (c-16)
'Jehovah Elohim.' only occurrence in the Gospels....
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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 ANNUNCIATION (see on Matthew 1). Wonder and awe and adoring praise
are the emotions with which Christians have ever regarded the
unspeakable condescension of Him who, 'when He took upon Him human...
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HIS FATHER DAVID] This seems to imply the Davidic descent of Mary: cp.
Luke 1:27, which is ambiguous, and Luke 1:69....
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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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SHALL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE HIGHEST. — It is noticeable that this
name applied to our Lord by the angel, appears afterwards as uttered
by the demoniacs (Mark 5:7). On the history of the name, see N...
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CHAPTER 3
THE GOSPEL PSALMS.
UNLIKE modern church-builders, St. Luke sets his chancel by the porch.
No sooner have we passed through the vestibule of his Gospel than we
find ourselves within a circle...
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foreshadows the future of the child. μέγας, applied also to John,
Luke 1:15. κληθήσεται, shall be called = shall be. τὸν
θρόνον Δ. τ. πατρὸς α.: the Messiah is here conceived
in the spirit of Jewish e...
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_The announcement to Mary_....
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THE PROMISED MESSIAH
Luke 1:26-38
The narrative is artlessly simple and natural and is its own complete
vindication. No human genius could have invented it. Compare it, for
instance, with all the or...
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He shall be great, and shall be (d) called the Son of the Highest: and
the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
(d) He will be declared to be so, for he was the Son of God fro...
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_He... shall be called; i.e. according to the style of the Scriptures,
he shall truly be the Son of God. (Witham)_...
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THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST
32-34. _“He shall be called Great and the Son of the Highest; the
Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David, and of
His kingdom there shall be no end.”_ I see n...
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2. _The message of the angel: Luke 1:30-33_. “ _And the angel said
unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God._ 31.
_And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a...
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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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SECOND NARRATIVE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS, LUKE 1:26-38
The birth of John the Baptist, like that of Isaac, was due to a higher
power; but it did not certainly transcend the limits of the na...
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(26) And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a
city of Galilee named Nazareth, (27) To a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and
the virgin's...
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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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_IN CONFIRMATION OF FAITH_
‘He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.’
Luke 1:32
For the sake of deepening our conviction of the unspeakable importance
of the doctrine of the I...
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32._He shall be great _The angel had said the same thing about John
the Baptist, and yet did not intend to make him equal to Christ. But
the Baptist is great in his own class, while the greatness of C...
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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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HE SHALL BE GREAT,.... In his person, as God-man; this child born, and
Son given, being the angel of the great counsel, the mighty God, and
everlasting Father; Isaiah 9:6 which is here referred to; an...
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He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Ver. 32. _Son of the Highest_] Answerable to the Hebrew _Elion, _
w...
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_Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb_ Though a virgin, strange to
say, thou shalt have the honour of being a mother; thou shalt _bring
forth a son_, and that son no ordinary person, but the restor...
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THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID; David was, by God's appointment, the
earthly head of his ancient church, and his throne typified the higher
mediatorial throne of Christ, who was David's son according...
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The message of the angel:...
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HE SHALL BE GREAT, AND SHALL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE HIGHEST; AND THE
LORD GOD SHALL GIVE UNTO HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID....
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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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26-38 We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we
are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ
must be born miraculously. The angel's address means only, Hail,...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:31...
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First Apology of Justin
And the angel of God who was sent to the same virgin at that time
brought her good news, saying, "Behold, thou shalt conceive of the
Holy Ghost, and shalt bear a Son, and He s...
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Luke 1:32 He G3778 be G2071 (G5704) great G3173 and G2532 called G2564
(G5701) Son G5207 Highest...
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Luke 1:32. HE SHALL BE GREAT. Not ‘shall become' so. What follows is
an explanation to Mary of this greatness, but a full explanation was
scarcely possible.
SHALL BE CALLED. Shall be, and also, shall...
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The occurrence here narrated is called the _Annunciation_, ushering in
the _Miraculous Conception of Christ._ The account of Matthew
presupposes such a miraculous conception (Matthew 1:18-25). There,...
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THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH
(υιος Hυψιστου). There is no article in the Greek, but the
use of Most High in verse Luke 1:35 clearly of God as here. In Luke
6:35 we find "sons of the Most High" (υιο Hυψι...
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Luke 1:26
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I. "The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth." Never was a time when, humanly speaking, the promises of
God mi...
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Luke 1:26. _And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God
unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgi...
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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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DON'T BE AFRAID. In the angel's words we have: (1) relief of anxiety,
DON'T BE AFRAID; (2) a promise, GIVE BIRTH TO A SON; (3) a command,
YOU WILL NAME HIM JESUS; (4) a prophecy, HE WILL BE GREAT AND...
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_He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest_
THE GREATNESS OF JESUS
The title of “Great” is one which the wisdom of this world
recognizes, though I am not sure that it always give...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:32 MOST HIGH. This name for the true God comes
from Genesis 14:18. Whereas John is the “prophet of the Most High”
...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8)
and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND BIRTH OF JESUS MATTHEW 1:18-25; LUKE 1:26-38
ANGEL TO JOSEPH ANGEL TO MARY HYPERLINK "TW://BIBLE.*?ID=40.1.18"
[VREF] Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his
m...
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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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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 1:26. THE SIXTH MONTH.—_I.e._ not of the year: the reference is
to the time indicated in Luke 1:24. NAZARETH—St. Luke alone informs
us that this village was the place of Mary’s r...
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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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2 Samuel 7:11; Acts 16:17; Acts 2:30; Acts 2:36; Amos 9:11;...
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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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He shall be called the Son of the Highest — In this respect also:
and that in a more eminent sense than any, either man or angel, can be
called so. The Lord shall give him the throne of his father Dav...