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Verse Luke 1:13. _THY PRAYER IS HEARD_] This probably refers,
1st, to the frequent prayers which he had offered to God for a son;
and
2dly, to those which he had offered for the deliverance and
cons...
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THY PRAYER IS HEARD - That is, thy prayer for offspring. This, among
the Jews, was an object of intense desire. No prospect was more gloomy
to them than that of dying childless, so that their “name sh...
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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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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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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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UNTO. to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 1:26.
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. As in verses: Luke 1:20; Luke 1:30, not as
in verses: Luke
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_Fear not_ The first utterance of the Dawn of the Gospel. St Luke
begins with this angelic encouragement, and ends with the Apostles
-blessing and praising God;" see the beautiful remarks of Bengel ad...
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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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ΜῊ ΦΟΒΟΥ͂. The first utterance of the Dawn of the Gospel. St
Luke begins with this angelic encouragement, and ends with the
Apostles ‘blessing and praising God;’ see the beautiful remarks of
Bengel ad...
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VER 11. AND THERE APPEARED TO HIM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STANDING ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. 12. AND WHEN ZACHARIAS SAW HIM, HE
WAS TROUBLED, AND FEAR FELL UPON HIM. 13. BUT THE ANGEL SA...
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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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ΦΟΒΟΎ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399)
пугаться, бояться. _Praes. imper._ с отр.
ΜΉ (G3361) используется для запрета
развивающегося действия (GGBB, 724).
ΕΊΣΗΚΟΎΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. о...
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THY PRAYER IS HEARD;— We cannot imagine that this holy man, at so
advanced an age, and on such an occasion, would pray for the pregnancy
of his wife, who was very old. The priests in this office consi...
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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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But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John.
BUT THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, FEAR NOT. Th...
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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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1:13 John. (c-31) * Meaning, 'Jehovah is gracious.'...
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MY PRAYER] Probably not for offspring, but for the coming of the
kingdom of God, and of the Messianic salvation, the only suitable
prayer for so solemn an occasion. It was a maxim of the rabbis that '...
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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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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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THY PRAYER IS HEARD. — The words imply a prayer on the part of
Zacharias, not that he might have a son (that hope appears to have
died out long before), but that the Kingdom of God might come. Praying...
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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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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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_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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_A celestial visitant_....
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δέησις : all prayed at that hour, therefore of course the
officiating priest. The prayer of Zechariah was very special
δέησις implies this as compared with προσευχή, _vide_
Trench, _Synonyms_ and very...
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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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Thy prayer is heard. We cannot suppose, as St. Augustine observes,
(lib. ii. QQ. Evang. chap i., tom. 3, part 2, p. 249. Ed. Ben.) that
he was praying to have children, when his wife was so advanced i...
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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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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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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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(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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13._Fear not, Zacharias _The glory of God, it ought to be observed, is
not so appalling to the saints as to swallow them up entirely with
dread, but only to cast them down from a foolish confidence, t...
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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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BUT THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, FEAR NOT, ZACHARIAS,.... He calls him by
his name; for holy men are known to angels in person, and by name; to
whom they are ministering spirits, and for whose good they a...
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But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John.
Ver. 13. _For thy prayer is heard_] Both fo...
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_But the angel said, Fear not_, &c. Thus encouraging him with great
gentleness of aspect and voice. _For thy prayer is heard_ I do not
come unto thee with a message of terror, but am sent to assure th...
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JOHN; the meaning of this word is, the grace of the Lord, or Jehovah
is gracious....
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The angel messenger:...
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BUT THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, FEAR NOT, ZACHARIAS; FOR THY PRAYER IS
HEARD, AND THY WIFE ELISABETH SHALL BEAR THEE A SON; AND THOU SHALT
CALL HIS NAME JOHN....
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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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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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Although the great God useth so to show himself to the best of his own
people, as to imprint upon them a sacred awe of his majesty, yet he
never suffereth the souls of his people to sink under those
a...
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Origen Commentary on John Book II
Gabriel, when announcing to Zacharias the birth of John, and to Mary
the advent of our Saviour among men, says:[94]
Origen Commentary on John Book VI " The words of...
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Luke 1:13 But G1161 angel G32 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 him G846 not
G3361 afraid G5399 (G
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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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‘But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias: because
your supplication is heard, and your wife Elisabeth will bear you a
son, and you will call his name John.” '
During his offering of th...
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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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Luke 1:13. FOR THY PRAYER IS HEARD. The doubt of Zacharias (Luke 1:18)
indicates that he had ceased to pray for a son. The prayer was
doubtless a Messianic one, even if he still cherished some hope of...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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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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DON'T BE AFRAID, ZECHARIAH. The angel brings a message of hope! GOD
HAS HEARD YOUR PRAYER. They felt it was a disgrace to be childless,
and had prayed continually for a child. YOU ARE TO NAME HIM JOHN...
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_But the angel said unto him, Fear not_
HUMAN LIFE ON EARTH KNOWN IN HEAVEN
From the speech of Gabriel it is clear that _human _life, in its
beginning’, course, purpose, and destiny, is known in hea...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:13 YOUR PRAYER HAS BEEN HEARD. Zechariah may
have been pleading for Israel as a nation. He apparently also asked
God for a child, as indicated by v. Luke 1:13
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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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_Thy prayer is heard._ Not his prayer for offspring, S. Augustine
says, of which he now so despaired that he did not believe the promise
of the angel (verse 20), but thy prayer as a priest for the sin...
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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 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 2:21; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 4:17; Acts 10:31;
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Is heard [ε ι σ η κ ο υ σ θ η]. If we render the aorist
literally, was heard, we avoid the question as to what prayer is
referred to. The reference is to the prayer for offspring, which,
owing to his...
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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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Thy prayer is heard — Let us observe with pleasure, that the prayers
of pious worshippers come up with acceptance before God; to whom no
costly perfume is so sweet, as the fragrancy of an upright hear...
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Observe here, 1. How apprehensive this good angel was of Zacharias's
surprising fear, and encourages him against it. The holy angels,
though they do not express it in words, yet they pity our frailtie...