Fear not The first utterance of the Dawn of the Gospel. St Luke begins with this angelic encouragement, and ends with the Apostles -blessing and praising God;" see the beautiful remarks of Bengel ad loc.

thy prayer is heard Rather, thy supplication was heard. Δέησις implies a special prayer, and with the aorist verb shews that Zacharias had been just praying either to have a son, or at least that the days of the Messiah might come.

John Jehochanan, -the favour of Jehovah" (comp. Genesis 17:19). It is interchanged with Jona in Matthew 16:17 (comp. John 1:42), and in various forms was not uncommon, 1 Chronicles 3:24; 1 Chronicles 28:12, &c.

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