Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Luke 1:72
ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν. ‘To do mercy towards (lit. ‘with’) our fathers.’ The “promised” is a needless addition of the A. V[43]
[43] A. V. Authorised Version.
ποιῆσαι ἔλεος μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν. ‘To do mercy towards (lit. ‘with’) our fathers.’ The “promised” is a needless addition of the A. V[43]
[43] A. V. Authorised Version.
Verse Luke 1:72. _HIS HOLY COVENANT_] Luke 1:54....
TO PERFORM THE MERCY - To show the mercy promised. The expression in the “original” is, “To make mercy with our fathers” - that is, to show kindness to our fathers; and the propriety of it is founded...
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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...
TO. with. Greek _meta._ App-104....
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....
_To perform the mercy promised to our fathers_ It is simply TO DO MERCY TOWARDS OUR FATHERS. The "promised" is a needless addition of the E.V....
_mercy … remember … oath_ These three words have been thought by some to be an allusion to the three names John (-Jehovah's _mercy_"); Zacharias (- _remembered_by Jehovah"), and Elizabeth (see p. 45)....
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...
ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, выполнять (_см._ Luke 1:51). _Inf._ выражает цель, ΉΓΕΙΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 1:69. ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость, верность завету (_см._...
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...
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
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS HOLY COVENANT,...
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...
1:72 fulfil (c-2) 'To work,' or 'accomplish.' what the fathers had lived on by faith as promised mercy. 'Your father Abraham saw my day and was glad.'...
TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS] RV 'To shew mercy towards our fathers.' THE RV implies that the patriarchs, though dead, still exist, and take an interest in the fortunes of their poster...
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...
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...
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...
TO PERFORM THE MERCY. — The verse has been thought, and with apparent reason, to contain a reference, after the manner of the ancient prophets (comp. Isaiah 8:3; Micah 1:10), to the name of the speake...
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...
ποιῆσαι : in effect epexegetical of salvation, though formally indicating the aim of the salvation. μετὰ τ. π., as in Luke 1:58, to make mercy with, for to show mercy to. ἁγίας, holy, applied to anoth...
_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...
To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and (k) to remember his holy covenant; (k) Declare indeed that he was mindful....
To remember his holy covenant, i.e. of his promise, or of the covenant made with Abraham, that he would bless all nations in his seed. (Witham) --- At the coming of Christ, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob we...
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...
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...
“ _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...
(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...
72._To perform the mercy _Zacharias again points out the fountain from which redemption flowed, the _mercy _and gracious _covenant _of God. He assigns the reason why God was pleased to save his people...
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...
TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS,.... By "mercy" is meant salvation by Christ, which springs from the mercy of God; the promise of which was an instance of mercy to the Jewish fathers unde...
To perform the mercy _promised_ to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; Ver. 72. _To perform the mercy_] God's love moves him to promise, his truth binds him to perform. See both these, 2...
_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...
A hymn of praise:...
TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS HOLY COVENANT;...
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...
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Luke 1:72 perform G4160 (G5658) mercy G1656 to G3326 our G2257 fathers G3962 And G2532 remember G3415 ...
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...
Luke 1:72. TO SHOW MERCY TOWARD OUR FATHERS. The word ‘promised' was supplied in the E. V., because of the difficulty involved in the thought of showing mercy to those already dead. But the expression...
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...
_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...
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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...
Acts 3:25; Acts 3:26; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Galatians 3:15;...
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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