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Verse 68. _BLESSED_ be _the Lord God of Israel; for_, c.] Zacharias
praises God for two grand benefits which he had granted to his people.
1. He has _visited_ them. 2. He has _ransomed_ them.
1. He s...
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BLESSED - See the notes at Matthew 5:3.
HATH VISITED - The word here rendered “visited” means properly
“to look upon;” then to look upon in order “to know the state of
anyone;” then to visit for the p...
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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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THE BIRTH OF JOHN. THE BENEDICTAS. In due course Elisabeth bore her
son and received the congratulations of her friends. When the babe has
been circumcised and named, his mother rejects the proposal t...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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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...
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BLESSED. Hence the name "Benedictus" given to Zacharias's prophecy.
GOD. the God.
VISITED. lookedon. Not the same word as in Luke 1:48. See App-133.
REDEEMED. wrought. ransom for. Compare Titus 2:1...
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THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
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ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΗΤΌΣ. This hymn of praise is hence called the
BENEDICTUS. It is expressed (as was natural) almost exclusively in the
language of ancient prophecy, Psalms 98:3; Psalms 105:8-9; Psalms
132:17;...
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VER 67. AND HIS FATHER ZACHARIAS WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND
PROPHESIED, SAYING, 68. BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL; FOR HE HAS
VISITED AND REDEEMED HIS PEOPLE.
AMBROSE; God in His mercy an...
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_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...
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ΈΠΕΣΚΈΨΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_
ΈΠΙΣΚΈΠΤΟΜΑΙ (G1980) смотреть на кого-л.,
навещать,
ΛΎΤΡΩΣΙΣ (G3085) искупление, избавление.
Без сомнения, это ссылка на избавление
в политическом смысле, но
соп...
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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...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL;— "Let all honour and glory be
ascribed to the Possessor and Governor of the world, the God of
Israel, _because he hath visited and redeemed his people."_ For God to...
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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
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
his people,
BLESSED. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine song about
his own relationship to this child, nor about...
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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...
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1:68 Lord (a-4) 'Jehovah.'...
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HATH VISITED] The past tense may express Zacharias' certainty that the
Messiah will come, but more probably it implies prophetic knowledge
that the conception of Jesus has already taken place. REDEEME...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. — The whole hymn is, like the
_Magnificat,_ pre-eminently Hebrew in character, almost every phrase
having its counterpart in Psalm or Prophet; and, like it, has come...
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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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ἐπεσκέψατο, visited graciously (_vide_ on Matthew 25:36),
occasionally used in Sept [14] in the sense of _judicial_ visitation
(Psalms 89:33). Note the use of the _aorist_ there, which runs through
Lu...
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_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...
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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...
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Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath (g) visited and (h)
redeemed his people,
(g) That he has shown himself mindful of his people, to the extent
that he came down from heaven himself to v...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“ _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...
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(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...
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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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68._Blessed be the Lord God _Zacharias commences with thanksgiving,
and in the raptures of the prophetic spirit describes the fulfillment
of the redemption formerly promised in Christ, on which the sa...
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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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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... This was a form of blessing of
long standing, Psalms 72:18 and very likely was in use, more or less,
ever since Israel was distinguished from other nations, beca...
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Blessed _be_ the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
his people,
Ver. 68. _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_] This is _Hymnus
Evangelicissimus, _ say both Bucer and Pellican. A most...
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_Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_ Who is also the God of the spirits
of all flesh: but Zacharias, speaking of the work of redemption calls
him only the God of Israel, because to Israel the prophecie...
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A hymn of praise:...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL; FOR HE HATH VISITED AND REDEEMED
HIS PEOPLE,...
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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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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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Ver. 68-70. God is not the God of Israel only, but of all the nations
of the earth also; but he is peculiarly called THE GOD OF ISRAEL, both
here and in many other places, PSALMS 41:13, PSALMS 72:18 P...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
n the house of His servant David; as He spake by the mouth of His holy
prophets, which have been since the world begun; salvation from our
enemies, and from the hand...
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Luke 1:68 Blessed G2128 Lord G2962 God G2316 Israel G2474 For G3754
visited G1980 (G5662) and G2532 redeemed...
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Luke 1:68. BLESSED. Latin: _Benedictus_, hence the name.
FOR HE HATH VISITED, etc. The past tenses throughout are used because
the eye of prophecy regards these certain future events as having
alrea...
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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...
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HATH VISITED
(επεσκεψατο). An old Greek word with a Hebraic colouring to
look into with a view to help. The papyri have plenty of examples of
the verb in the sense of inspecting, examining.REDEMPTI...
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REDEEMED
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
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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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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...
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_Visited and redeemed His people_
VISITED
1.
To visit is the work of one that comes to do a charitable office to a
sick person, according to that place (Matthew 25:1.), “I was sick
and ye visited M...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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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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 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:20; 1 Kings 1:48; 1 Peter 1:3;...
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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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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...