Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 1:6
Walking in all the moral commandments, and ceremonial ordinances, blameless — How admirable a character! May our behaviour be thus unblamable, and our obedience thus sincere and universal!
Walking in all the moral commandments, and ceremonial ordinances, blameless — How admirable a character! May our behaviour be thus unblamable, and our obedience thus sincere and universal!
Verse Luke 1:6. _THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS_] Upright and holy in all their outward conduct in civil life. _BEFORE GOD_] Possessing the spirit of the religion they professed; exercising themselves cons...
BOTH RIGHTEOUS - Both “just” or holy. This means here more than external conformity to the law. It is an honorable testimonial of their “piety” toward God. WALKING IN ... - Keeping the commandments....
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...
BEFORE. The Texts read _enantion,_ not _enopion_ (= in the presence of, as Luke 1:19). Both are found in the Papyri in this sense. GOD. App-98. ORDINANCES. legal requirements. Greek. Plural of _dlkai...
_righteous_ One of the oldest terms of high praise among the Jews (Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 18:23-28. See Psalms 37:37;...
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...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
ΔΊΚΑΙΟΙ. The Hebrew _Tsaddîkîm_. It is one of the oldest terms of high praise among the Jews (Genesis 6:9; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 18:23-28. See Psa
VER 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 ELIZABETH. 6. AND THEY W...
_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...
ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΑΜΦΌΤΕΡΟΙ (G297) оба. ΕΝΑΝΤΊΟΝ (G1726) перед, ΠΟΡΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. Еврейское выражение, означающее поведени...
IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES— The critics are generally agreed that these words signify, the one the moral, the other the ceremonial precepts of the law; butthey are greatly divided in fixin...
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...
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. AND THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS - not merely virtuous before men, but righteous BEFORE...
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...
1:6 ordinances (d-14) _ Dikaioma_ . see Romans 1:32 ....
RIGHTEOUS] i.e. according to the OT. standard. They were good, pious Jews, strict and careful observers of the Mosaic Law, but not, of course, sinless....
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...
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...
COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES. — The former word covered all the moral laws of the Pentateuch, the latter (as in Hebrews 9:1), its outward and ceremonial rules....
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...
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...
_The parents of John_. ἐγένετο, there was, or there lived. ἐν ταῖς ἡ., etc.: in the days, the reign, of Herod, king of Judaea. Herod died 750 A.C., and _the Christian_ era begins with 753 A.C. This da...
_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...
δίκαιοι : an O. T. term, and expressing an O. T. idea of piety and goodness, as unfolded in the following clause, which is Hebrew in speech as in sentiment: _walking_ in all the _commandments_ and _or...
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...
And they were both (i) righteous before God, (k) walking in all the (l) commandments and ordinances of the Lord (m) blameless. (i) The true mark of righteousness is demonstrated when one is liked and...
Both just,... walking... without blame. [3] Not that in the sight of God they were exempt even from all lesser failings, which are called venial faults; but only from such sins as might make them forf...
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...
1. _The trial: Luke 1:5-7_. For 400 years direct communications between the Lord and His people had ceased. To the lengthened seed-time of the patriarchal, Mosaic, and prophetic periods, had succeeded...
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...
(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...
6._And they were both righteous before God _He awards to them a noble testimony, not only that among men they spent holy and upright lives, but also that they were _righteous before God _This _righteo...
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...
AND THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD,.... Not as the Pharisees, only righteous before men, but in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and whose judgment is according to truth; and therefore were...
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Ver. 6. _In all the commandments and ordinances_] That is, in all the duties of both the...
_They were righteous before God_ They were sincerely and really righteous; they were so in God's sight, whose judgment, we are sure, is according to truth; they approved themselves to him who searchet...
In order to be righteous in the sight of God, men must not only believe in Christ for salvation, but be disposed to observe all his commandments and ordinances, and to discharge with fidelity their pr...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST'S BIRTH. The parents of John:...
AND THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD, WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES OF THE LORD BLAMELESS....
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...
That they were not righteous by a perfect legal righteousness, being not guilty of any sin, is certain, for so _there is none righteous, no, not one; _ but so righteous, as that God accepted them, and...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians For he is in harmony with the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, even as the strings are with the harp, and is no less blameless than was Zacharias the...
Luke 1:6 And G1161 were G2258 (G5713) both G297 righteous G1342 before G1799 God G2316 walking G4198 ...
‘There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both...
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...
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 1:6. RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD. Not outwardly, but really, pious. COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES. The former probably refers to special commandments, the latter, as its derivation hints, to that by whi...
RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD (δικαιο εναντιον του θεου). Old Testament conception and idiom. Cf. Luke 2:25 about Simeon. Expanded in Old Testament language. Picture of "noblest product of Old Testament edu...
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,...
THEY BOTH LIVED GOOD LIVES IN GOD'S SIGHT. Great men of God almost always come from parents who live holy lives. (_Compare_ 2 Timothy 1:5)....
_Both righteous before God_ OBSERVANCE OF GOD’S ORDINANCES _“_By walking in the ordinances,” they walked likewise “in all the commandments of the Lord; “ that being the means whereby they did this....
WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING They were both righteous before God. Luke 1:6. If you were given a text and asked to make a little sermon from it a real sermon, out of your own experience I wonder how you w...
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 Corinthians 11:2; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:7; 1 Kings 9:4;...
Before God. A Hebrew expression. Compare Genesis 7:1; Acts 8:21....
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...
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...
Observe here, 1. The sweet harmony of this religious couple in the ways of God, "They both walked in the commandments of God." It is. happy match when husband and wife are one, not only in themselves,...