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Luke 1:32
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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;...
_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;...
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...
THE ANNUNCIATION...
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;...
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...
_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...
ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510). ΎΨΙΣΤΟΣ (G5310) superl. высший, высочайший. Термин "Всевышний" использовался в раннем иудаизме для обозначения Яхве (Cleon L.Rogers, Jr., "The Davidic C...
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...
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...
_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....
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...
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....
HIS FATHER DAVID] This seems to imply the Davidic descent of Mary: cp. Luke 1:27, which is ambiguous, and Luke 1:69....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_The announcement to Mary_....
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...
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...
_He... shall be called; i.e. according to the style of the Scriptures, he shall truly be the Son of God. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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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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...
Luke 1:32 He G3778 be G2071 (G5704) great G3173 and G2532 called G2564 (G5701) Son G5207 Highest...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
_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...
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” ...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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...
S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition J OHN H ODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892. INTRODUCTION. . T HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the Holy Evangelical H...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 7:11; Acts 16:17; Acts 2:30; Acts 2:36; Amos 9:11;...
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...
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...
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...