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IN HOLINESS ... - In piety and strict justice.
BEFORE HIM - In the presence of God. Performed as in his presence, and
with the full consciousness that he sees the heart. The “holiness”
was not to be...
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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 t...
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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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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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HOLINESS. Toward God. righteousness. Toward men. Compare 1
Thessalonians 2:10; Ephesians 4:24....
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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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THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
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VER 75. IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE HIM, ALL THE DAYS OF OUR
LIFE.
CHRYS. Zacharias glorifies the Lord, because He has made us to serve
Him with full confidence, not in the flesh as Judah di...
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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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ΌΣΙΌΤΗΤΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΌΣΙΌΤΗΣ (G3742)
благочестие, преданность, личное
благочестие или преданность, которые
происходят из уважения к вечным
законам (TDNT; Ephesians 4:24)....
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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...
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AND THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.— _Serving God in holiness and
righteousness,_ as well as _deliverance from enemies,_ being spoken of
as in the merciful grant of God, we may reasonably conclude that it
refer...
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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 and...
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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE HIM, ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.
How rich and comprehensive is the view here given of Messiah'...
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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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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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IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. — The same combination is found,
though in an inverted order, in Ephesians 4:24. “Holiness” has
special reference to man’s relations to God; “justice” to those
which con...
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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 b...
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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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In holiness and righteousness (l) before him, all the days of our
life.
(l) To God's good liking....
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It is possible, we here see, to have true justice, not only in the
sight of man, or by the imputation of God, but in his sight; and the
coming of Christ was to give men such justice....
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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...
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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 1:5...
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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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_DELIVERANCE AND SERVICE_
‘That He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the
hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear, in holiness and
righteousness before him, all the days of...
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75._In holiness and righteousness _As the rule of a good life has been
reduced by God to two tables, (Exodus 31:18,) so Zacharias here
declares, that we serve God in a proper manner, when our life has...
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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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IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS,...., Not in mere outward rites and
legal ceremonies but as the saints serve, from principles of
righteousness and true holiness; in which the new man is created, and
of...
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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Ver. 75. _Before him_] The sense of God's presence makes men
conscientiously obedient to both tables of the law. _Cave spectat
Cato...
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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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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 a...
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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 1:74...
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Luke 1:75 In G1722 holiness G3742 and G2532 righteousness G1343 before
G1799 Him G846 all G3956 days G2250 our G2257 life G2222
Deuteronomy 6:2; Psalms 105:44-45; Jeremiah 31:33-34,...
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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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IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
(εν οσιοτητ κα δικαιοσυνη). Not a usual
combination (Ephesians 4:24; Titus 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:10). The
Godward and the manward aspects of conduct (Bruce). Hοσιος,...
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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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_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 exac...
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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 Peter 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Peter 1:4; 2
Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 1:9; Deuteronomy 6:2; Ephesians 1:4;
Ephesians 2:10;...
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Holiness and righteousness [ο σ ι ο τ η τ ι κ α ι δ ι κ
α ι ο σ υ ν η]. The adjective osiov, holy, is properly what is
confirmed by ancient sanction and precept.
Osia, is used in classical Greek to d...
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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 gi...