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Verse Luke 1:20. _THOU SHALT BE DUMB_] σιωπων _silent_; this
translation is literal; the angel immediately explains it, _thou shalt
not be_ _able to speak_. _Dumbness_ ordinarily proceeds from a natu...
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BECAUSE THOU BELIEVEST NOT ... - This was both a sign and a judgment -
a sign that he had come from God, and that the thing would be
fulfilled: and a judgment for not giving credit to what he had said...
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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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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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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
THOU SHALT BE DUMB. The finite Verb and Participle denote continuous
silence.
BE PERFORMED. come to pass.
BELIEVEST NOT. didst not believe. App-150. No...
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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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_thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak_ He receives the sign for
which he had unfaithfully asked (Matthew 12:38), but it comes in the
form of a punishment. This positive and negative way of expres...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
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ΠΛΗΡΩΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ. D πλησθήσονται, comp. Luke
5:15.
20. ἸΔΟΎ. The word is used to call attention to something notable
or surprising, and is specially frequent in St Matthew and St Luke
(הִנֵּה, Isaiah 7:...
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Ver 18. And Zacharias said to the angel, Whereby shall I know this?
for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 19. And the
angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the pr...
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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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ΕΣΗ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) 2 pers. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510)
быть,
ΣΙΩΠΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΙΩΠΆΩ (G4623)
молчать. Part, от гл. состояния
используется в перифр. обороте (VANT,
317-18; VA, 483).
Δ...
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THOU SHALT BE DUMB, AND NOT ABLE TO SPEAK,— The affirmation of a
thing joined with the denial of its contrary, is an idiom peculiar to
the Jewish language, and is the strongest affirmation possible. T...
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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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And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day
that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my
words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
AND, BEHOL...
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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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1:20 which (k-30) 'Which are such as shall be.' giving the character,
not merely a relative pronoun. I have imitated an expression of the
Authorized Version, by adding the article, which though somewh...
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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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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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BEHOLD, THOU SHALT BE DUMB. — The question was answered, the demand
for a sign granted, but the demand had implied a want of faith, and
therefore the sign took the form of a penalty. The vision and th...
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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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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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_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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_Zechariah doubts_. The angel's dazzling promise of a son, and even of
a son with such a career, might be but a reflection of Zechariah's own
secret desire and hope; yet when his day-dream is objectif...
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σιωπῶν καὶ μὴ δ. λ., silent and not able to speak; a
temporary dumbness the sign asked, a slight penalty; not arbitrary,
however, rather the almost natural effect of his state of mind a kind
of prolon...
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THE FORERUNNER
Luke 1:13-25
As we open this Gospel we feel the wealth of a new age. The country
was full of anarchy, misrule and wild passion, but there were many who
“spoke often one to another,” M...
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DOUBT & DUMBNESS ALWAYS CO-EXISTENT
18-20. Here we see that Zacharias evinced his doubt of Gabriel's
communication by asking a sign. O how many people now doubt God and
wait for signs, instead of taki...
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“ _And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for
I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel
answering, said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presen...
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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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2. _The promise of deliverance: Luke 1:8-22_. This portion comprises:
1. Luke 1:8-17, The promise itself; 2. Luke 1:18-22, The manner in
which it was received.
1. The narrative of the promise includes...
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2. VERS. 18-22 relate the manner in which the promise is received; and
first, the objection of Zacharias (Luke 1:18); next, his punishment
(Luke 1:19-20); lastly, the effect produced upon the people b...
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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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(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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_DUMB, BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF_
‘And, behold, thou shalt be dumb … because thou believest not my
words.’
Luke 1:20
The threatened dumbness was to be a sign and a rebuke. God prevented
Zacharias from sp...
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20._And, behold, thou shalt be dumb _It was suitable that this kind of
punishment should be inflicted on Zacharias, that, being dumb, he
might await the fulfillment of the promise, which, instead of
i...
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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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AND BEHOLD, THOU SHALT BE DUMB, C] OR "SILENT AND NOT ABLE TO SPEAK",
IF HE WOULD. SILENCE IS SOMETIMES VOLUNTARY; BUT THIS WAS WHAT HE
COULD NOT HELP;\PAR \PAR UNTIL THE DAY THAT THESE THING SHALL BE...
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And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day
that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my
words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Ver. 20. _An...
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_Zacharias said, Whereby shall I know this?_ In how different a spirit
did the blessed Virgin say, _How shall this be?_ Zacharias disbelieved
the prediction, as appears from Luke 1:20, and therefore w...
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AND, BEHOLD, THOU SHALT BE DUMB, AND NOT ABLE TO SPEAK, UNTIL THE DAY
THAT THESE THINGS SHALL BE PERFORMED, BECAUSE THOU BELIEVEST NOT MY
WORDS, WHICH SHALL BE FULFILLED IN THEIR SEASON.
The announcem...
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The doubts of Zacharias:...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:19...
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Tertullian On Idolatry
, and, passing by his bootless tongue, with the help of his hands
dictates from his heart, and without his mouth pronounces the name of
his son.[177]
Hippolytus Dogmatical and...
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Luke 1:20 But G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) be G2071 (G5704) mute G4623
(G5723) and G2532 not...
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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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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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Luke 1:20. THOU SHALT BE SILENT. The next clause tells why.
AND NOT ABLE TO SPEAK. ‘Dumb' (E. V.) seems equivalent to ‘not
able to speak;' but the effect is mentioned first, then the cause.
This dum...
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THOU SHALT BE SILENT
(εση σιωπων). Volitive future periphrastic.NOT ABLE TO SPEAK
(μη δυναμενος λαλησα). Negative repetition of the
same statement. His dumbness will continue "until" (αχρ ης
ημερ...
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Luke 1:20
Unbelief and dumbness are as fountain and stream, cause and effect. It
is written, observes Paul in his second letter to the Church at
Corinth, "I believed, therefore have I spoken;" we also...
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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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YOU WILL REMAIN SILENT. He would not be able to utter a sound....
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_I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God_
“I AM GABRIEL.
” Names of angels
The name Gabriel signifies “The mighty messenger of God.” The
Bible knows of only two heavenly personages who are i...
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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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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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_And behold thou shall be dumb_, &c. Theophylact and S. Ambrose
translated, "thou shalt be deaf," and so make a distinction from what
follows, "and not able to speak." For although the Greek word
_σιω...
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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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2 Kings 7:19; 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Timothy 2:13; Exodus 4:11; Ezekiel 24:27;
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Thou shalt be silent [ε σ η σ ι ω π ω ν]. Lit., thou shalt be
being silent. The finite verb and participle denote continuance.
Not able to speak. Showing that the silence would not be voluntary. My
w...
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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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Thou shalt be dumb — The Greek word signifies deaf, as well as dumb:
and it seems plain, that he was as unable to hear, as he was to speak;
for his friends were obliged to make signs to him, that he m...