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Verse 54. _HE HATH HOLPEN_ [_supported_, αντελαβετο] _HIS
SERVANT_ _ISRAEL_] Israel is here represented as _falling_, and the
Lord comes speedily in and _props_ him up. The house of David was now
read...
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HATH HOLPEN - Hath helped or assisted. The word rendered “holpen”
denotes properly, “to take hold of one, to help him up when he is in
danger of falling,” and here means that God had succored his peop...
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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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MARY VISITS ELISABETH. THE MAGNIFICAT. The passage links the two
preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the
forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with child)...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has exulted
in God, my Saviour, because he looked graciously on the humble estate
of his servant. For--look you--from now on all generations s...
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HOLPEN. laid hold of [for help], or taken by the hand. Compare Isaiah
41:8; Isaiah 41:9.
IN REMEMBRANCE. [in order] to remember....
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_hath holpen_ Literally, "took by the hand." Isaiah 41:8-9, LXX. The
proper punctuation of the following words is TO REMEMBER HIS MERCY (
EVEN AS HE SPAKE TO (πρὸς) OUR FATHERS) TO (τῷ) ABRAHAM AND
HI...
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The Magnificat
46. _And Mary said_ This chapter is remarkable for preserving a record
of two inspired hymns the _Magnificat_and the _Benedictus_which have
been used for more than a thousand years in t...
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THE MAGNIFICAT...
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ἈΝΤΕΛΆΒΕΤΟ. Literally, “took by the hand.” Isaiah
41:8-9, LXX[38] The proper rendering of the following words is ‘to
remember mercy—(even as He spake to (πρὸς) our
fathers)—toward (τῷ) Abraham and his...
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VER 54. HE HAS HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL, IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY;
55. AS HE SPOKE TO OUR FATHERS, ABRAHAM, AND TO HIS SEED FOR EVER.
GLOSS. After a general mention of the Divine mercy and holine...
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_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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HE HATH HOLPEN— 'Αντελαβετο, here translated _He hath
holpen,_ signifies properly "supporting a thing that is falling, by
taking hold of it on the falling side." The virgin's meaning therefore
was, th...
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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...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Mary Visited Elizabeth
Scripture_
Luke 1:39-56 And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Judah; 40 and entered into the
house of Zac...
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He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
HE HATH HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL, IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY.
Compare , "I have laid help on One that is mighty....
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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...
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MARY'S VISIT TO ELISABETH. THE MAGNIFICAT. This beautiful narrative
must be derived from Mary herself, probably directly. It is told as
vividly and minutely after a lapse of half-a-century as if it we...
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THE MAGNIFICAT. This glorious song of praise, which has been used in
the services of the Church from early times, tells us more than
anything else in the NT. of the character of our Lord's mother, and...
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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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HE HATH HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL. — Up to this point the hymn has
been one of personal thanks-giving. Now we find that all the soul of
the maiden of Nazareth is with her people. Her joy in the “great...
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_Mary's song_. μεγαλύνει : _magnificat_, Vulg [10], whence
the ecclesiastical name for this hymn, which has close affinities with
the song of Hanna in 1 Samuel 2:1-10; variously regarded by critics:
b...
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ἀντελάβετο : laid hold: of with a view to help, as in
Isaiah 41:8-9; Acts 20:35; 1 Timothy 6:2. _cf._
ἰπιλαμβάνεται, Hebrews 2:16. μνησθῆναι
ἐλέους, κ
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THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER
Luke 1:39-56
Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The
narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous
communication between the...
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(b) He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy;
(b) He has helped Israel up with his arm, who had been completely cast
down....
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MARY'S SUBMISSION
34-38. _“And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord: may it he
unto me according to thy word.”_ Good Lord, give us the faith of
Mary, that we may perfectly submit to Thy Word a...
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THIRD NARRATIVE: MARY'S VISIT TO ELIZABETH, LUKE 1:39-56.
This narrative is, as it were, the synthesis of the two preceding.
These two divinely favoured women meet and pour forth their hearts.
1. Arr...
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Luke 1:54-55. Mary celebrates in this last strophe the faithfulness of
God. That, in fact, is the foundation of the whole Messianic work. If
the preceding strophe unveils to us the future developments...
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3. _The song of Mary: Luke 1:46-56_. Elizabeth's salutation was full
of excitement (_she spake out with a loud voice_), but Mary's hymn
breathes a sentiment of deep inward repose. The greater happines...
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(39) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda; (40) And entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (41) And it came to pass, that,...
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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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_THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN_
‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’
Luke 1:46
Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Scripture...
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54._He hath lifted up his servant Israel _In this last clause the
general statements are applied by Mary to the present occasion. The
meaning is, God has now granted the salvation which he had formerl...
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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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HE HATH HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL,.... Meaning, not the natural
posterity of Jacob, or Israel in general, but the elect of God among
them; for all were not Israel, who were of Israel; and not them onl...
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He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of _his_ mercy;
Ver. 54. _He hath holpen his servant_] He hath put under his hand, and
raised him prostrate, taken him up at his feet, αντελαβετο.
Th...
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_He hath put down the mighty from their seats_ The mighty think to
secure themselves by might in their seats, but he puts them down and
overturns their seats; while, on the other hand, those of low de...
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HE HATH HOLPEN HIS SERVANT ISRAEL IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MERCY;...
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The hymn of Mary:...
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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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39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in
their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival,
Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the
mot...
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Ver. 54,55. In these verses the blessed virgin celebrates God's mercy
together with his truth, withal she hath here a respect to God's
particular goodness and mercy in the sending of the Redeemer. The...
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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Second Homily
For the Christ who was born of the Virgin, and who is our God, has
given over the whole inheritance of divine blessings to the Gentiles.
"He hath holpen His...
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Luke 1:54 helped G482 (G5633) His G846 servant G3816 Israel G2474
remembrance G3415 (G5683) mercy G1656...
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Luke 1:54. HE HATH HOLPEN, i.e., helped, ISRAEL HIS SERVANT. This sums
up what had before been described (Luke 1:51-53)....
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ON THE HARMONY with the account in Matthew. Views: 1. That the events
recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 took place before the visit to Elisabeth.
It is urged that a betrothed virgin would not be permitted t...
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HATH HOLPEN
(αντελαβετο). Second aorist middle indicative. A very common
verb. It means to lay hold of with a view to help or succour.SERVANT
(παιδος). Here it means "servant," not "son" or "chil...
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Luke 1:46. _And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour._
The burden of Mary's Magnificat is very similar to Hannah's song,
though there was one respec...
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Luke 1:39. _And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill
country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, whe...
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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...
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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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MARY SAID. Mary is also filled with the Holy Spirit. These two holy
women are the first human prophets of the New Testament Age. Mary
speaks the language of the Psalms. In Luke 1:46-49, she praises Go...
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_My soul doth magnify the Lord_
MARY’S SONG
Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this
noble song.
It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our
hearts...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:46 Mary’s song of praise traditionally has
been called the “Magnificat,” based on the Latin for the opening
word, “magnifies.” The Magnificat is the first of three hymns in
chs. Lu...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:50 FEAR. Reverent, humble obedience that seeks
to please God. The second reason for Mary’s praise is introduced by
HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM, a tribute to God’s power....
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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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_He hath holpen His servant Israel. _...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 1:39. CITY OF JUDAH.—The city is not named. Probably it was not
Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named.
The conjecture that Judah is a corruption of J...
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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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Isaiah 44:21; Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 46:4; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 54:6;...
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Hath holpen [α ν τ ε λ α β ε τ ο]. The verb means to lay
hold on : thence to grasp helpfully or to help. To lay hold in the
sense of partaking (1 Timothy 6:2), carries us back to the primitive
meaning...
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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...
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He hath helped his servant Israel — By sending the Messiah....