John Trapp Complete Commentary
Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Ver. 37. For with God, &c.] We never doubt God's will, but we do in some measure doubt his power. See them both running parallel,Job 42:2 .
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Ver. 37. For with God, &c.] We never doubt God's will, but we do in some measure doubt his power. See them both running parallel,Job 42:2 .
Verse 37. _FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE._] Words of the very same import with those spoken by the Lord to Sarah, when he foretold the birth of Isaac, Genesis 18:14, _Is any thing too hard...
THY COUSIN ELIZABETH ... - The case of Elizabeth is mentioned to inspire Mary with confidence, and to assure her that what was now promised would be fulfilled. It was almost as improbable that Elizabe...
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)...
NOTHING. NOT (Greek. _ou._ App-105) any word. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32....
_nothing_ Rather, NO WORD. For the thought see Genesis 18:14; Matthew 19:26. "There is nothing too hard for thee," Jeremiah 32:17....
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...
ΠΑΡᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ‘from God’ R. V[7] following אBDL. [7] R. V. Revised Version. 37. ΟΥ̓Κ … ΠΑ͂Ν ῬΗ͂ΜΑ. Ῥῆμα means _word_ or _fact_ (דבר). The οὐ negatives the verb (_every_ fact shall _be possible_). C...
THE ANNUNCIATION...
VER 36. AND, BEHOLD, YOUR COUSIN ELISABETH, SHE HAS ALSO CONCEIVED A SON IN HER OLD AGE: AND THIS IS THE SIXTH MONTH WITH HER, WHO WAS CALLED BARREN. 37. FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 38....
_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...
ΆΔΥΝΑΤΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΔΥΝΑΤΈΩ (G101) быть невозможным, ΡΉΜΑ (G4487) слово; здесь: вещь, предмет (ΝΤΝΤ, 46)....
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...
For with God nothing shall be impossible. FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE - reminding her, for her encouragement, of what had been said to Abraham in like case (Genesis 18:14.) The future...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CHAPTER 4 THE VIRGIN MOTHER. THE Beautiful Gate of the Jewish Temple opened into the "Court of the Women"-so named from the fact that they were not allowed any nearer approach towards the Holy Place....
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...
ἀδυνατήσει : the verb means, in classic Greek, to be weak, of persons. In Sept [5] and N. T. (here and in Matthew 17:20) it means to be impossible, of things. Commentators differ as to whether we shou...
_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...
MARY'S SUBMISSION 34-38. _“And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord: may it he unto me according to thy word.”_ Good Lord, give us the faith of Mary, that we may perfectly submit to Thy Word a...
3. _The manner in which the message was received: Luke 1:34-38_. 34. “ _Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?_ 35. _And the angel answered and said unto her, The H...
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...
(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...
37._For no word shall be impossible with God _If we choose to take ῥη̑μα, _word, _in its strict and native sense, the meaning is, that God will do what he hath promised, for no hinderance can resist h...
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...
FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE. That is consistent with his nature and perfections, with his counsels, purposes, and promises: every thing that he has said, purposed, or promised, he is able...
_Then said Mary, How shall this be_ How can I immediately conceive a child, (for so the angel meant, and so she understood him to mean,) _seeing I know not a man?_ This was not the language of distrus...
The explanation of the miracle:...
FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE....
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,...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:36...
Tertullian On Idolatry ? [You ask] "How many have fulfilled these conditions? "But what with men is difficult, with God is easy.[91]...
Luke 1:37 For G3754 with G3844 God G2316 nothing G3756 G3956 G4487 impossible G101 (G5692) with -...
Luke 1:37. FOR, indicates that what was told of Elisabeth had occurred through the power of God. NO WORD FROM GOD SHALL BE WITHOUT POWER. This affirms, not only God's almightiness, but even more ful...
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,...
NO WORD (ουκ ρημα). Ρημα brings out the single item rather than the whole content (λογος). So in verse Luke 1:38....
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,...
MARY SAID TO THE ANGEL. Compare what the angel told Joseph in Matthew 1:19-25_ (see notes there),_ and see what Christ taught about divorce in Matthew 19:1-9_ (see notes there)._...
_Nothing shall be impossible_ GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE It certainly is not possible for us to be in a position where omnipotence cannot assist us. God hath servants everywhere; and, where we think He has...
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...
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 1:26. 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...
Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; Job 13:2; Luke 18:27;...
With God nothing shall be impossible [ο υ κ α δ υ ν α τ η σ ε ι π α ρ α τ ο υ θ ε ο υ π α ν ρ η μ α]. JRhma, word, as distinguished from logov, word, in classical Greek, signifies a constituent part o...
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...