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Luke 1:9
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.
Verse Luke 1:9. _HIS LOT WAS_, c.] We are informed in the _Talmud_, that it was the custom of the priests to divide the different functions of the sacerdotal office among themselves by _lot_: and, in...
ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE PRIEST’S OFFICE, HIS LOT WAS. - The Jewish writers inform us that it was customary for the priests to divide their daily task by “lot.” TO BURN INCENSE - Incense is an a...
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 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...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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...
ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata._ App-104. HIS LOT WAS. it fell to him by lot. TO BURN INCENSE. Greek. _thumiao._ Occurs only here in N.T. incense. The first recorded use of incense by man began in _diso...
_his lot was to burn incense_ Rather, HE OBTAINED BY LOT THE DUTY OF ENTERING AND BURNING INCENSE. This was the loftiest and most coveted of priestly functions, Exodus 30:1-10; Numbers 16:1-40. King U...
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...
ἹΕΡΑΤΕΊΑΣ. The word is used by Aristotle, and in Hebrews 7:5, but the more common and classic form is ἱερωσύνης. ἜΛΑΧΕ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΥΜΙΑ͂ΣΑΙ. ‘He obtained by lot the duty of (entering and) burning incense.’...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
VER 8. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHILE HE EXECUTED THE PRIEST'S OFFICE BEFORE GOD IN THE ORDER OF HIS COURSE, 9. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE PRIEST'S OFFICE, HIS LOT WAS TO BURN INCENSE WHEN HE WEN...
_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...
ΈΘΟΣ (G1485) _acc. sing._ обычай, ΈΛΑΧΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΓΧΆΝΩ (G2975) принимать, получать что-л. по жребию, быть назначенным или выбранным по жребию. Бросание жребия проводилось дважды в день,...
HIS LOT— Because some parts of the sacred service were more honourable than others, both the priests and Levites divided the whole among them by lot. The Jews tell us, that there were three priests em...
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...
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OR THE PRIEST'S OFFICE, HIS LOT WAS TO BURN INCENSE WHEN...
1 Many biographies of the life of our blessed Lord were composed during the lifetime of those who had known Him. Luke had exceptional opportunities for such a work and proposes to write an account whi...
1:9 temple (b-18) _ Naos_ , the shrine....
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...
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...
LOT] To avoid disputes the various functions were decided by lot. TO BURN INCENSE] This was done daily, morning and evening (Exodus 30:6). The daily sacrifice of the lamb was offered on the great alta...
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...
(9)HIS LOT WAS TO BURN INCENSE. — The order of the courses was, as has been said, one of rotation. The distribution of functions during the week was determined by lot. That of offering incense, symbol...
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...
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...
_Hope preternaturally revived_. ἐν τῷ ἱερατεύειν : Zechariah was serving his week in due course, and it fell to his lot on a certain day to perform the very special service of burning incense in the h...
_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...
κατὰ τὸ ἔθος is to be connected with ἔλαχε : casting lots, the customary manner of settling who was to have the honour. εἰσελθὼν is to be connected with θυμιάσαι, not with ἔλαχε. The meaning is that e...
THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS Luke 1:1-12 The opening verses are very explicit. They are answer enough to those who question the story of our Lord's supernatural birth and early years. Luke did not...
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the (n) temple of the Lord. (n) The temple was one, and the court another, for Zacharias went out of the...
_It was his lot. The priests drew lots for the different functions to be performed in the same week; and now it fell by lot to Zacharias, to burn or offer up incense, morning and evening, in that part...
OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS 5. John the Baptist was a bonafide Aaronic priest in a pre-eminent sense, both his father and his mother belonging to the family of Aaron. 6. _“They were both righteous before G...
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...
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 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...
(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...
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...
9._According to the custom of the priest’s office _The law enjoined that incense should be offered twice every day, that is, every morning and at even, (Exodus 30:7.) The order of courses among the pr...
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...
ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE PRIEST'S OFFICE,.... In which, every man took his part in the execution of it by lot; and which was not an original settled law of God; but a custom, which, in process o...
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. Ver. 9. _To burn incense_] In the incense of prayer, how many sweet spices are bu...
_His lot was to burn incense_ “Because some parts of the sacred service were more honourable than others, both the priests and Levites divided the whole among them by lot. The Jews tell us, that there...
HIS LOT WAS-TEMPLE OF THE LORD; more literally, he was chosen by lot to burn incense going into the temple of the Lord; that is, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense. The office of burnin...
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...
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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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...
‘Now it came about that, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord a...
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...
Luke 1:9. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE PRIESTHOOD. To be joined with what follows, not with what precedes. The ‘custom' was to assign by _lot_ for each day the various parts of the service to the pr...
HIS LOT WAS (ελαχε). Literally,HE OBTAINED THE LOT . Second aorist active indicative of λαγχανω, to obtain by lot, a very old verb from Homer on. It is used either with the genitive as here, or th...
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 1:5. _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...
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,...
He WAS CHOSEN BY LOT. In order to remove the "human element," specially marked stones were used to determine who was to do each separate part of the worship to God (_compare_ Proverbs 16:33; Acts 1:26...
_While he executed the priest’s office_ THE PRIEST’S OFFICE The duties of the priests were many and various. It was their awful and peculiar honour to “come near the Lord” (Exodus 19:22). None but t...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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 1:5. 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...
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...
1 Chronicles 23:13; 1 Chronicles 6:49; 1 Samuel 2:28; 2 Chronicles 26:16;...
His lot was [ε λ α χ ε]. Four lots were drawn to determine the order of the ministry of the day : the first, before daybreak, to designate the priests who were to cleanse the altar and prepare its fir...
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...