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Verse 25. _TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH_] As _fruitfulness_ was a part of
the promise of God to his people, Genesis 17:6, and _children_, on
this account, being considered as a particular blessing from h...
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THUS - In this merciful manner.
TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH - Among the Jews, a family of children was
counted a signal blessing, an evidence of the favor of God, Psalms
113:9; Psalms 128:3;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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LOOKED ON. Greek. _epeidon._ App-133. Occurs only in Luke here, and
Acts 4:29.
TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH. Compare Genesis 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6; H
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_to take away my reproach_ So Rachel, when she bare a son, said, "God
hath taken away my reproach," Genesis 30:23. See Isaiah 4:1; Hosea
9:11; 1 Samuel 1:6-
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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...
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VER 23. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS
MINISTRATION WERE ACCOMPLISHED, HE DEPARTED TO HIS OWN HOUSE. 24. AND
AFTER THOSE DAYS HIS WIFE ELISABETH CONCEIVED, AND HID HERSELF FIVE...
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_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...
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ΠΕΠΟΊΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160)
делать. _Perf._ указывает на состояние
или условие как результат
завершенного действия,
ΈΠΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΦΟΡΆΩ (G1896)
смотреть на кого-л., за...
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AND HID HERSELF FIVE MONTHS,— The meaning is, either that she saw no
company, judging it proper to spend most of her time in the duties of
devotion, and in meditating silently on the wonderful goodnes...
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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...
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me,
to take away my reproach among men.
THUS HATH THE LORD DEALT WITH ME IN THE DAYS WHEREIN HE LOOKED ON ME,
TO TAKE AWAY MY REPRO...
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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...
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1:25 Lord (e-4) 'Jehovah.'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH AMONG MEN. — The words express in almost
their strongest form the Jewish feeling as to maternity. To have no
children was more than a misfortune. It seemed to imply some secre...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_Returns home_. The week of service over, Zechariah went back to his
own house. λειτουργίας : in Biblical Greek used in
reference to priestly service; elsewhere of public service rendered by
a citizen...
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THE FORERUNNER
Luke 1:13-25
As we open this Gospel we feel the wealth of a new age. The country
was full of anarchy, misrule and wild passion, but there were many who
“spoke often one to another,” M...
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DOUBT & DUMBNESS ALWAYS CO-EXISTENT
18-20. Here we see that Zacharias evinced his doubt of Gabriel's
communication by asking a sign. O how many people now doubt God and
wait for signs, instead of taki...
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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...
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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...
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3. _The accomplishment of the promise: Luke 1:23-25_. The subject of
ἐγένετο, _it came to pass_, is all that follows to the end of
Luke 1:25. Comp. a similar ἐγένετο, Acts 9:3.
The active form περιέκρ...
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(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...
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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...
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25._Thus hath the Lord done to me _She extols in private the goodness
of God, until the time is fully come for making it generally known.
There is reason to believe that her husband had informed her b...
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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...
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THUS HATH THE LORD DEALT WITH ME,.... In a very gracious and bountiful
manner; in giving her strength to conceive a son in her old age, and
such an one that was to be great, and so useful in his day;...
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on
_me_, to take away my reproach among men.
Ver. 25. _Thus hath the Lord_] She saw that all her prayers that she
had haply forgotten, w...
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_As soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished_ Though he
was both deaf and dumb, he was still able to burn incense, and perform
the other duties of his office. He therefore continued at t...
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TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH; to have no children was considered among the
Jews a reproach, while a family of children was accounted a great
blessing. Leviticus 26:9; 1 SAMUEL 1:6; PSALMS 113:9;...
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THUS HATH THE LORD DEALT WITH ME IN THE DAYS WHEREIN HE LOOKED ON ME,
TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH AMONG MEN.
In His season God remembered Elisabeth and her husband. The aged wife
had evidence that her pr...
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The beginning of the fulfillment:...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:24...
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Luke 1:25 G3754 Thus G3779 Lord G2962 dealt G4160 (G5758) me G3427 in
G1722 days G2250 when...
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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...
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Luke 1:25. THUS HATH THE LORD, etc. This suggests the reason she hid
herself. Since God had graciously removed her barrenness, she would
leave it to Him to make this mercy manifest to others, and thus...
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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...
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MY REPROACH
(ονειδος μου). Keenly felt by a Jewish wife because the
husband wanted an heir and because of the hope of the Messiah, and
because of the mother's longing for a child....
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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HE HAS TAKEN AWAY MY PUBLIC DISGRACE. To be childless in Israel was a
public disgrace. Compare Genesis 16:1-3; Genesis 30:1-2....
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8)
and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:24 Why Elizabeth remained in seclusion FIVE
MONTHS is unclear. TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH. Childlessness was
considered a disgrace (compare...
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S. LUKE'S GOSPEL
Third Edition
J OHN H ODGES,
AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
1892.
INTRODUCTION.
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T
HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the
Holy Evangelical H...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:6; 1 Samuel 2:21; 1 Samuel
2:22
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Neither A. V. nor Rev. render oti; taking it, as frequently, merely as
recitative or equivalent to quotation marks. But it means because.
Elizabeth assigns the reason for her peculiar seclusion. Her p...
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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...
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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...
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He looked upon me to take away my reproach — Barrenness was a great
reproach among the Jews. Because fruitfulness was promised to the
righteous....