The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
Luke 1:23
The days of his ministration, &c. λειτουζγίας, Greek. That is of his sacred ministration in the Temple. His house was situated in the mountains of Judæa, where his wife Elizabeth was.
The days of his ministration, &c. λειτουζγίας, Greek. That is of his sacred ministration in the Temple. His house was situated in the mountains of Judæa, where his wife Elizabeth was.
Verse Luke 1:23. _AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION WERE_ _ACCOMPLISHED_] Each family of the priesthood officiated one whole week, 2 Kings 11:17. There is something very instructive in the con...
AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION ... - As soon as he had fulfilled the duties of the week. It might have been supposed that the extraordinary occurrence in the temple, together with his own cal...
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 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...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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...
DAYS. week. MINISTRATION. public service. Greek _leitourgia._ Hence Eng. "liturgy". TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104....
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...
_the days of his ministration_ They lasted from the evening of one Sabbath to the morning of the next. 2 Kings 11:5....
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
ἘΠΛΉΣΘΗΣΑΝ. The same verb occurs in 57, Luke 2:6; Luke 2:21, &c. ΑἹ ἩΜΈΡΑΙ ΤΗ͂Σ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΊΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. The word λειτουργία is derived from λεώς, ἔργον, a service done for the people. The time of a pries...
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...
_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...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 1:2. ΈΠΛΉΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Luke 1:15. ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΊΑ (G3009) служение; _букв._ служение людям. Используется в религиозном смысле, указывая на служб...
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...
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION WERE ACCOMPLI...
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...
THE DAYS] i.e. the week of the course of Abijah....
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...
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...
THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION. — The word used for “ministration” conveys, like the ministering spirits” of Hebrews 1:14, the idea of liturgical service. The “days” were, according to the usual order o...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
After the days of his office were accomplished; i.e. the weekly ministry; for during that time, the priests lodged in buildings joining to the temple, separated from their wives. (Witham) --- When it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
23._When the days were fulfilled _ Λειτουργία is employed by Luke to denote a charge or office, which passed, as we have said, to each of them in regular order, (1 Chronicles 24:3.) We are told that,...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION,.... In the order of the course, which might be three, four, five, or six days, according to the number of the heads of the house of t...
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. Ver. 23. _As soon as the days, &c._] Zacharias, though he ceased to speak, yet he c...
_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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS SOON AS THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION WERE ACCOMPLISHED, HE DEPARTED TO HIS OWN HOUSE. The offering of incense was the culmination of the morning service during which Zacha...
The anxiety of the people:...
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...
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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Luke 1:23 And G2532 was G1096 (G5633) as G5613 days G2250 his G846 service G3009 completed G4130 ...
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...
Luke 1:23. WHEN THE DAYS OF HIS MINISTRATION WERE FULFILLED. He continued to serve until the week of service expired. He did not feel himself absolved from his duty by his affliction....
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...
MINISTRATION (λειτουργιας). Our word liturgy. A common word in ancient Greek for public service, work for the people (λεως εργον). It is common in the papyri for the service of the Egyptian priestho...
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,...
ZECHARIAH WENT BACK HOME. After he had completed his week of serving in the temple, he returned to his home in the hill country (Luke 1:39). The town is not identified....
_I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God_ “I AM GABRIEL. ” Names of angels The name Gabriel signifies “The mighty messenger of God.” The Bible knows of only two heavenly personages who are i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
_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...
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...
1 Chronicles 9:25; 2 Kings 11:5...
Ministration [λ ε ι τ ο υ ρ γ ι α ς]. From leitov, belonging to the people, public, and ergon, a work. Hence service of the state in a public office. Trench observes that "when the Christian Church wa...
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...
The priest, during the time of their administration, had their lodgings in buildings appertaining to the temple. Zachary having ended his administration, leaves his lodgings, and returns to his house,...