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Verse Luke 1:17. _HE SHALL GO BEFORE HIM_] Jesus Christ, _in the
spirit_ _and power of Elijah_; he shall resemble Elijah in his retired
and austere manner of life, and in his zeal for the truth, repr...
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SHALL GO BEFORE HIM - Before the Messiah. The connection here leads us
to suppose that the word “him” refers to the “Lord their God”
in the previous verse. If so, then it will follow that the Messiah...
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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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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...
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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...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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GO. goforth.
THE SPIRIT AND POWER. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). the
SPIRIT. yea, the powerful spirit (Malachi 4:5).
ELIAS. Elijah.
TO TURN, &c. Reference to Malachi 3:1 with Mala
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_And he shall go before him_ Shall go before the Messiah. The English
version should have added, "in His (God's) presence" (ἐνώπιον
αὐτοῦ).
_in the spirit and power of Elias_ From the last words of Ma...
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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...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
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ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΠΡΟΕΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂.
He shall himself go before the Messiah. The αὐτοῦ is used in
its most emphatic sense for Christ as in 1 John 2:12; 2 Peter 3:4. The
English version should have add...
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VER 15. FOR HE SHALL BE GREAT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND SHALL
DRINK NEITHER WINE NOR STRONG DRINK; AND HE SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE
HOLY GHOST, EVEN FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB. 16. AND MANY OF THE CHIL...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1466
JOHN THE FORERUNNER OF JESUS
Luke 1:17. _And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wis...
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AND HE SHALL GO BEFORE HIM, &C.— That is, before Jesus Christ, here
stiled _the Lord their God._ The son of Zacharias had the _spirit of
Elijah,_ equalling if not exceeding him in severity of manners,...
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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...
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And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the...
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1 Many biographies of the life of our blessed Lord were composed
during the lifetime of those who had known Him. Luke had exceptional
opportunities for such a work and proposes to write an account whi...
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1:17 Lord (e-35) 'Jehovah.' to (g-24) _ En_ . but 'through' would
suppose other men, whereas it is here characteristic merely of their
own new path. The word for 'thoughts' here is that for 'practical...
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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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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...
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GO BEFORE HIM] RV 'go before his face,' i.e. before the face of
Jehovah. ELIAS] RV 'Elijah': see Malachi 4:5 and on Matthew 17:10. TO
TURN THE HEARTS, etc.] Malachi's exact words are, 'He shall turn t...
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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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TO THE WISDOM OF THE JUST. — The margin, _by the wisdom,_ is
undoubtedly the right rendering....
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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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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...
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προελεύσεται ἐν. α.: not a reference to John's
function as forerunner of Messiah, but simply a description of his
prophetic character. He shall go before God (and men) = _be_, in his
career, an Elijah...
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_A celestial visitant_....
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_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...
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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...
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And he shall go (r) before him (s) in the spirit and power of Elias,
to turn the (t) hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the (u) wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
pr...
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Turn the hearts of the fathers, &c. The angel applies these words
(Malachias iv. 6.) to St. John the Baptist; telling his father, that
he shall convert many of the children of Israel, &c. by bringing...
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OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS
5. John the Baptist was a bonafide Aaronic priest in a pre-eminent
sense, both his father and his mother belonging to the family of
Aaron.
6. _“They were both righteous before G...
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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...
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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...
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2. _The promise of deliverance: Luke 1:8-22_. This portion comprises:
1. Luke 1:8-17, The promise itself; 2. Luke 1:18-22, The manner in
which it was received.
1. The narrative of the promise includes...
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VER. 11. Here, with the appearance of the angel, begins the marvellous
character of the story which lays it open to the suspicion of
criticism. And if, indeed, the Christian dispensation were nothing...
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(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...
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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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_A PREPARED PEOPLE_
‘A people prepared for the Lord.’
Luke 1:17
Prepared for the Lord! How shall it be? I cannot do as Elias did; but
I can follow his teaching. You remember the teaching of John th...
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17._And he shall go before him _By these words he points out what
would be John’s office, and distinguishes him by this mark from the
other prophets, who received a certain and peculiar commission, wh...
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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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AND HE SHALL GO BEFORE HIM,.... The Lord his God, the Lord Jesus
Christ, whose forerunner he was; the messenger of him, that according
to the prophecies in Isaiah 40:3 was to go before him, and prepar...
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And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the L...
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_He shall go before him_ Namely, before Christ; _in the spirit and
power of Elias_ With the same integrity, courage, austerity, and
fervour, and the same power of God attending his word. The son of
Za...
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GO BEFORE HIM; before "the Lord their God." IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF
ELIAS; with the zeal and intrepidity of Elijah, as predicted by
Malachi. Malachi 4:5.
TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHIL...
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The angel messenger:...
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AND HE SHALL GO BEFORE HIM IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIAS, TO TURN
THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN AND THE DISOBEDIENT TO THE
WISDOM OF THE JUST, TO MAKE READY A PEOPLE PREPARED FOR THE LO...
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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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TO:
Or, by...
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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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God was last spoken of, he must therefore be the _him_ mentioned here,
before whom John the Baptist was to go, according to the prophecy,
ZECHARIAH 4:5,6; from whence is an evident proof that Christ w...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III " Plainly does the commencement of
the Gospel quote the words of the holy prophets, and point out Him at
once, whom they confessed as God and Lord; Him, the Father o...
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Luke 1:17 G2532 He G846 go G4281 (G5695) before G1799 Him G846 in
G1722 spirit G4151 and G2
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“And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient
to walk in the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord...
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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...
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Luke 1:17. BEFORE HIM IN HIS PRESENCE. ‘Go before' implies the
coming of the Messiah, but ‘in his presence' refers to ‘the Lord
their God.'
IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH. An evident allusion to M...
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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...
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BEFORE HIS FACE
(ενωπιον αυτου). Not in the ancient Greek, but common in
the papyri as in LXX and N.T. It is a vernacular _Koine_ word, adverb
used as preposition from adjective ενωπιος, and that f...
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SHALL GO
See (Malachi 4:5).
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 17:10). _...
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Luke 1:17
Drawing Lightning.
The wonderful suggestiveness of this passage is found in its theme. A
wild threat, four hundred years old, is suddenly removed in a flash of
benediction. The curse in Mal...
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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...
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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...
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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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STRONG AND MIGHTY LIKE THE PROPHET ELIJAH. The way he looked, the way
he dressed, and the way he lived, all reminds us of Elijah. See note
on Matthew 16:14. HE WILL BRING FATHERS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER...
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_The hearts of the fathers to the children_
DRAWING LIGHTNING
Science tells us that the best defence against lightning in a
thunderstorm is found, not in defiance of it, but in a silent
discharge of...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:16 TURN. Compare Acts 9:35; Acts 11:21. go
before
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8)
and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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S. LUKE'S GOSPEL
Third Edition
J OHN H ODGES,
AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
1892.
INTRODUCTION.
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T
HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the
Holy Evangelical H...
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_He shall go before Him._ John went before Christ. 1. In his birth,
for he was born six months before Christ. 2. In his baptism, for he
baptized before Christ did; yea, he even baptized Christ. 3. In...
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_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...
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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 29:18; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 2:28; 1 Kings 17:1;...
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Wisdom [φ ρ ο ν η σ ε ι]. Wyc., prudence. This is a lower word
than sofia, wisdom (see on James 3:13). It is an attribute or result
of wisdom, and not necessarily in a good sense, though mostly so in...
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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...
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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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He shall go before him, Christ, in the power and spirit of Elijah —
With the same integrity, courage, austerity, and fervour, and the same
power attending his word: to turn the hearts of the fathers t...