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AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS ... - That is, He has dealt mercifully with
the children of Israel, according as He promised Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. The promise particularly here referred to is that res...
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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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MARY VISITS ELISABETH. THE MAGNIFICAT. The passage links the two
preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the
forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with child)...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has exulted
in God, my Saviour, because he looked graciously on the humble estate
of his servant. For--look you--from now on all generations s...
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AS. according as.
OUR FATHERS. Compare Micah 7:20; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:16; Acts
2:39.
FOR EVER. unto the age. See App-151.
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The Magnificat
46. _And Mary said_ This chapter is remarkable for preserving a record
of two inspired hymns the _Magnificat_and the _Benedictus_which have
been used for more than a thousand years in t...
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THE MAGNIFICAT...
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VER 54. HE HAS HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL, IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY;
55. AS HE SPOKE TO OUR FATHERS, ABRAHAM, AND TO HIS SEED FOR EVER.
GLOSS. After a general mention of the Divine mercy and holine...
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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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ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)
говорить; здесь: обещать (ΒΟΝΟΗ). О
синтаксисе ΤΩ 'ΑΒΡΑΆΜ _см._ Marshall,
ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΙΏΝΑ навсегда. Завет, данный
Аврааму, рассматривается как вечный....
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HE HATH HOLPEN— 'Αντελαβετο, here translated _He hath
holpen,_ signifies properly "supporting a thing that is falling, by
taking hold of it on the falling side." The virgin's meaning therefore
was, th...
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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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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Mary Visited Elizabeth
Scripture_
Luke 1:39-56 And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Judah; 40 and entered into the
house of Zac...
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As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
(AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS, TO ABRAHAM) - These words should be read
as a parenthesis, "(to Abraham)" - that is, in remembrance o...
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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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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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AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS. — As the sentence stands in English, the
words “Abraham and his seed” seem in apposition with
“forefathers,” and to be added as explaining it. In the Greek,
however, they a...
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_Mary's song_. μεγαλύνει : _magnificat_, Vulg [10], whence
the ecclesiastical name for this hymn, which has close affinities with
the song of Hanna in 1 Samuel 2:1-10; variously regarded by critics:
b...
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THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER
Luke 1:39-56
Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The
narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous
communication between the...
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As he (c) spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
(c) Promised....
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MARY'S SUBMISSION
34-38. _“And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord: may it he
unto me according to thy word.”_ Good Lord, give us the faith of
Mary, that we may perfectly submit to Thy Word a...
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3. _The song of Mary: Luke 1:46-56_. Elizabeth's salutation was full
of excitement (_she spake out with a loud voice_), but Mary's hymn
breathes a sentiment of deep inward repose. The greater happines...
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THIRD NARRATIVE: MARY'S VISIT TO ELIZABETH, LUKE 1:39-56.
This narrative is, as it were, the synthesis of the two preceding.
These two divinely favoured women meet and pour forth their hearts.
1. Arr...
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Luke 1:54-55. Mary celebrates in this last strophe the faithfulness of
God. That, in fact, is the foundation of the whole Messianic work. If
the preceding strophe unveils to us the future developments...
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(39) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda; (40) And entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (41) And it came to pass, that,...
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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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_THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN_
‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’
Luke 1:46
Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Scripture...
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55._To Abraham and to his seed _If you read these words in close
connection with the close of the former verse, there appears to be an
improper change of the case. Instead of τῶ ᾿Αβραὰμ καὶ
τῶ σπέρματ...
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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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AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS,.... To David, of whose family Mary was;
and to Jacob, or Israel, of whose stock she was; and to Isaac, in whom
the seed was to be, called; and particularly,
TO ABRAHAM AND...
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As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Ver. 55. _As he spake to our fathers_] Who lived upon reversions, and
died upon the promises, accounting them good freehold. God keep...
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_He hath put down the mighty from their seats_ The mighty think to
secure themselves by might in their seats, but he puts them down and
overturns their seats; while, on the other hand, those of low de...
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AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS; GENESIS 12:1-3; Genesis 22:16-18. The
coming of the Messiah, and the blessings which have followed and will
follow, are a fulfilment of the promises made to Abraham and his...
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AS HE SPAKE TO OUR FATHERS, TO ABRAHAM, AND TO HIS SEED FOREVER....
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The hymn of Mary:...
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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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39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in
their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival,
Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the
mot...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:54...
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Luke 1:55 As G2531 spoke G2980 (G5656) to G4314 our G2257 fathers
G3962 Abraham G11 and G2532 his...
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Luke 1:55. AS HE SPAKE UNTO OUR FATHERS. This is parenthetical, for
the original plainly shows that to ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED, should be
joined to the word ‘mercy,' at the close of Luke 1:54. Yet God's...
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ON THE HARMONY with the account in Matthew. Views: 1. That the events
recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 took place before the visit to Elisabeth.
It is urged that a betrothed virgin would not be permitted t...
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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 1:39. _And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, whe...
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Luke 1:46. _And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour._
The burden of Mary's Magnificat is very similar to Hannah's song,
though there was one respec...
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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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MARY SAID. Mary is also filled with the Holy Spirit. These two holy
women are the first human prophets of the New Testament Age. Mary
speaks the language of the Psalms. In Luke 1:46-49, she praises Go...
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_My soul doth magnify the Lord_
MARY’S SONG
Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this
noble song.
It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our
hearts...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:50 FEAR. Reverent, humble obedience that seeks
to please God. The second reason for Mary’s praise is introduced by
HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM, a tribute to God’s power....
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:46 Mary’s song of praise traditionally has
been called the “Magnificat,” based on the Latin for the opening
word, “magnifies.” The Magnificat is the first of three hymns in
chs. Lu...
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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 1:39. CITY OF JUDAH.—The city is not named. Probably it was not
Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named.
The conjecture that Judah is a corruption of J...
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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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Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:17; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:19; Gene
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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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To his seed — His spiritual seed: all true believers....