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Luke 1:74
that He would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,
that He would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,
LUKE 1:74 evk ceiro.j evcqrw/n {B} The addition of h`mw/n is a natural expansion, particularly in view of evx evcqrw/n h`mw/n in ver. Luke 1:71. The readings with...
Verse Luke 1:74-42. _BEING DELIVERED_, c.] The salvation brought by Jesus Christ, consists in the following things: - 1. We are to be _delivered out of the hand of our enemies_, and _from all that ha...
MIGHT SERVE HIM - Might obey, honor, and worship him. This was regarded as a “favor.” This was what was promised, and for this Zechariah praised God. WITHOUT FEAR - Fear of death, of spiritual enemie...
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...
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...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied like this: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has graciously visited his people and wrought deliverance for them. H...
OUT OF _=_ from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. HAND. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "hands". serve: or worship....
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....
THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
VER 74. THAT WE, BEING DELIVERED OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR ENEMIES, MIGHT SERVE HIM WITHOUT FEAR. CHRYS. Having said that a horn of salvation had risen up to us from the house of David, he shows that th...
VER 72. TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FOREFATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS HOLY COVENANT; 73. THE OATH WHICH HE SWORE TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, 74. THAT HE WOULD GRANT TO US. THEOPHYL; Having announce...
_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...
ΆΦΌΒΩΣ (G870) без страха, безопасно, ΡΥΣΘΈΝΤΑΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΡΎΟΜΑΙ (G4506) спасать, избавлять. Part, в роли _subst._ ΛΑΤΡΕΎΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΛΑΤΡΕΎΩ (G3000) служить (_см._ Hebrews 1...
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 hi...
WITHOUT FEAR,— Αφοβως,— without a slavish fear, or that _spirit of bondage,_ mentioned Romans 8:15. For the whole of this promise, both as it was originally made to Abraham, and as it is here applied...
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 an
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, THAT HE WOULD GRANT UNTO US, THAT WE, BEING DELIVERED OUT OF THE HAND OF OUR ENEMI...
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...
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...
Birth and childhood of the Baptist. The Benedictus. 59. The eighth day] Circumcision took place on the eighth day, even though it was the sabbath: see John 7:22. At the circumcision of a child the cir...
THE BENEDICTUS. 'This song, which was composed in the priest's mind during the time of his silence, broke solemnly from his lips the moment speech was restored to him, as the metal flows from the cruc...
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...
THAT HE WOULD GRANT UNTO US ... — The form of the Greek indicates even more definitely than the English that this was the end to which the “covenant” and the “oath” had all along been pointing. MIGHT...
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...
_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...
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...
According to _the oath which he swore. [11] The words according to, are no addition to the letter of the text: they only barely express what is here signified; to wit, that God swore to Abraham, that...
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 s...
“ _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 a hor...
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 1:57...
3. _The song of Zacharias: Luke 1:67-80_. It might be supposed that Zacharias composed this song in view of the religious and moral progress of the child, or on the occasion of some special event in w...
(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...
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...
_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...
74._That being delivered out of the hand of our enemies _His purpose was, that, being redeemed, they might dedicate and consecrate themselves entirely to the Author of their salvation. As the efficien...
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...
THAT HE WOULD GRANT UNTO US,.... What is said in this and the following verse, is the substance of the promised mercy, covenant, and oath: THAT WE BEING DELIVERED OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR ENEMIES, as...
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, Ver. 74. _Might serve him_] _Servati sumus ut serviamus._ Christ hath therefore broke...
_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...
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...
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...
Ver. 74,75. Thus Zacharias, by an infallible Spirit, expounds the covenants and oaths of God to Abraham and David, not as they appear to us at first view, as if they were promises of a mere temporal k...
Luke 1:74 grant G1325 (G5629) us G2254 delivered G4506 (G5685) from G1537 hand G5495 our G2257 enemies...
Luke 1:74. TO GRANT UNTO US. This gives the _purpose_ both of the oath and the approaching fulfilment of it. THAT WE. This introduces _what_ God purposed to grant. BEING DELIVERED FROM THE HAND OF...
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...
DELIVERED (ρυσθεντας). First aorist passive participle of an old verb, ρυομα. The accusative case appears, where the dative could have been used to agree with ημιν, because of the infinitive λατρευ...
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,...
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...
_Being delivered out of the hand of our enemies_ DELIVERED FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY While labouring among the wild tribes of the Druses, a messenger from one of their chiefs, whose influence it wa...
_And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost_ THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS I. Preliminary questions. In the opening portion of St. Luke’s Gospel, there is a definiteness of time, place, and cir...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 Timothy 1:7; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 39:28; Ezekiel 39:29; Heb
Serve [λ α τ ρ ε υ ε ι ν]. Originally to serve for hire, from latron, hire. Plato uses it of the service of God....
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...
To serve him without fear — Without any slavish fear. Here is the substance of the great promise. That we shall be always holy, always happy: that being delivered from Satan and sin, from every uneasy...