Don't be afraid. In the angel's words we have: (1) relief of anxiety, Don't be afraid; (2) a promise, Give birth to a son; (3) a command, You will name him Jesus; (4) a prophecy, He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. His kingdom will never end! Compare Acts 15:15-18; Matthew 16:18-19.
FEAR NOT, MARY - Do not be alarmed at this appearance of an angel. He only comes to announce to you good tidings. Similar language was addressed by an angel to Joseph. See the notes at Matthew 1:20....
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 JESUS. Lk. alone gives this narrative. Three or four months before _the birth of Elisabeth's_ child, Gabriel comes to Nazareth and announces to Mary, a virgin betrothed to o...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a maiden who was betrothed to a man called Joseph, who belonged to the house of David. The maiden's name...
FOUND. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for "received". FAVOUR. grace: which is favourthe unworthy, as patience is favour to the obstinate, as mercy is favour to the miserabl...
The Annunciation 26. _in the sixth month_ i. e. after the vision of Zachariah. This is the only passage which indicates the age of John the Baptist, as half a year older than our Lord. _Galilee_ Thus...
THE ANNUNCIATION...
VER 30. AND THE ANGEL SAID TO HER, FEAR NOT, MARY FOR YOU HAVE FOUND FAVOR WITH GOD. 31. AND, BEHOLD, YOU SHALL CONCEIVE IN YOUR WOMB AND BRING FORTH A SON, AND SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS. 32. HE SHALL...
_THE BIRTH OF JESUS WAS ANNOUNCED -- LUKE 1:26-56:_ A month after the announcement of John's birth God sent Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee with a message for a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to a...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Promise of the Birth of Jesus Scripture_ Luke 1:26-38 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betro...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Predictions of the Redeemer (Luke 1:26-56) 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man...
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HER, FEAR NOT ......
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...
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...
THE ANNUNCIATION (see on Matthew 1). Wonder and awe and adoring praise are the emotions with which Christians have ever regarded the unspeakable condescension of Him who, 'when He took upon Him human...
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...
THOU HAST FOUND FAVOUR WITH GOD. — The noun is the same as that elsewhere translated “grace,” but the latter word, though fit enough in itself, has become so associated with the technicalities of theo...
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...
_The announcement to Mary_....
THE PROMISED MESSIAH Luke 1:26-38 The narrative is artlessly simple and natural and is its own complete vindication. No human genius could have invented it. Compare it, for instance, with all the or...
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast (c) found favour with God. (c) So the Hebrews said, saying that those men have found favour who are in favour....
THE ANNUNCIATION TO MARY 26-30. When I visited Nazareth, I spent some time in the Church of the Annunciation, quite magnificent and capacious, said to stand on the identical spot where the angel Gabri...
SECOND NARRATIVE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS, LUKE 1:26-38 The birth of John the Baptist, like that of Isaac, was due to a higher power; but it did not certainly transcend the limits of the na...
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...
2. _The message of the angel: Luke 1:30-33_. “ _And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God._ 31. _And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a...
(26) And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, (27) To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's...
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...
_THE PROMISED SON_ ‘And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou … shalt … bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus.’ Luke 1:30 In keeping the Feast of the Annunciation we must bew...
30._Fear not, Mary _He bids her lay aside fear. Let us always remember—what arises from the weakness of the flesh—that, whenever the feeblest ray of the Divine glory bursts upon us, we cannot avoid be...
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 THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HER, c] Observing the consternation and confusion she was in FEAR NOT, MARY; he calls her by her name, signifying that she was well known to him, as the saints are to the mini...
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. Ver. 30. _Fear not, Mary_] We are not fit to hear till quit of carnal affections and passions. The ear which tastes w...
_When she saw him she was troubled_ Διεταραχθη, _disturbed_ or _perplexed; at his saying_ A salutation so unusual from a being of a superior order (for such his form, which was more than human, bespok...
The message of the angel:...
AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HER, FEAR NOT, MARY; FOR THOU HAST FOUND FAVOR WITH GOD....
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...
26-38 We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ must be born miraculously. The angel's address means only, Hail,...
This expounds those words, _thou that art highly favoured, _ LUKE 1:28, and lets her know that he came upon no ill design unto her, neither upon any human errand, nor yet with any message of evil tidi...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews The same shall be great, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David...
Luke 1:30 Then G2532 angel G32 said G2036 (G5627) her G846 not G3361 afraid G5399 (G5737) Mary...
Luke 1:30. FAVOR, or, ‘grace.' This verse also opposes the dogma of the Immaculate Conception....
The occurrence here narrated is called the _Annunciation_, ushering in the _Miraculous Conception of Christ._ The account of Matthew presupposes such a miraculous conception (Matthew 1:18-25). There,...
FAVOUR (χαριν). Grace. Same root as χαιρω (rejoice) and χαριτοω in verse Luke 1:28. To find favour is a common O.T. phrase. Χαρις is a very ancient and common word with a variety of applied meanings...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Luke 1:26 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I. "The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth." Never was a time when, humanly speaking, the promises of God mi...
Luke 1:26. _And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgi...
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,...
_And the virgin’s name was Mary_ THE ANNUNCIATION 1. The messenger sent from heaven to publish the news of the conception of the Son of Gad--an angel. An evil angel was the first author of our ruin...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND BIRTH OF JESUS MATTHEW 1:18-25; LUKE 1:26-38 ANGEL TO JOSEPH ANGEL TO MARY HYPERLINK "TW://BIBLE.*?ID=40.1.18" [VREF] Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his m...
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 1:26. THE SIXTH MONTH.—_I.e._ not of the year: the reference is to the time indicated in Luke 1:24. NAZARETH—St. Luke alone informs us that this village was the place of Mary’s r...
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...
Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9; Acts 27:24; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 41:10;...
Grace [χ α ρ ι ν]. From the same root as cairw, to rejoice. 1. Primarily that which gives joy or pleasure; and hence outward beauty, loveliness, something which delights the beholder. Thus Homer, of U...
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...