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Verse Luke 1:10. _THE WHOLE MULTITUDE - WERE PRAYING_] The incense
was itself an emblem of the prayers and praises of the people of God:
see Psalms 141:2; Revelation 8:1. While, therefore, the _rite_...
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THE WHOLE MULTITUDE - This was the regular time of evening prayer, and
multitudes came up to the temple to worship.
PRAYING WITHOUT - That is, in the courts around the temple,
particularly in the cou...
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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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PRAYING. See App-134.
AT THE TIME. at the hour. This was the signal....
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_the whole multitude_ This seems to shew that the vision took place
either on a sabbath, or some great feast-day.
_praying_ The Temple was mainly used for sacrifice. Prayer in the
Tabernacle is only o...
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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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ΠΑ͂Ν ΤῸ ΠΛΗ͂ΘΟΣ. This seems to shew that the vision took
place either on a sabbath, or some great feast-day.
ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΝΟΝ. The prayer of the people without was
typified by the rising incense-smoke wi...
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
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VER 8. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHILE HE EXECUTED THE PRIEST'S OFFICE
BEFORE GOD IN THE ORDER OF HIS COURSE, 9. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF
THE PRIEST'S OFFICE, HIS LOT WAS TO BURN INCENSE WHEN HE WEN...
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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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ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться. Перифр. _part._
ΘΥΜΊΑΜΑ (G2368) ладан, предложение
ладана. Ладан предлагался в жертву
утром и вечером (Exodus 30:7-8); так как...
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THE WHOLE MULTITUDE, &C.— Because it sometimes happened, that, on
ordinary week-days, few or none of the people attended the morning and
evening sacrifices, there were four and twenty men employed to...
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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 the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the
time of incense.
AND THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE WERE PRAYING WITHOUT - outside
the court fronting the temple, where stood t...
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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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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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THE WHOLE MULTITUDE. — Knowing as we do from this Gospel, what hopes
were cherished by devout hearts at this time, we may well believe that
the prayers of the people, no less than those of the priest,...
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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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πλῆθος : there might be a crowd within the temple precincts at
the hour of prayer any day of the week, not merely on Sabbath or on a
feast day (“dies solennis, et fortasse sabbatum,” Bengel)....
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_Hope preternaturally revived_. ἐν τῷ ἱερατεύειν :
Zechariah was serving his week in due course, and it fell to his lot
on a certain day to perform the very special service of burning
incense in the h...
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THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS
Luke 1:1-12
The opening verses are very explicit. They are answer enough to those
who question the story of our Lord's supernatural birth and early
years. Luke did not...
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And all the... people were praying without: i.e. in that part of the
temple called the court of the Israelites. For the Jews themselves
were not permitted to enter into the first part of the tabernacl...
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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 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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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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(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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_THE CHURCH’S POWER_
‘And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the
time of incense.’
Luke 1:10
Both the parents of John, Zacharias and Elizabeth, were of the family
of the Hebr...
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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 THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE WERE PRAYING WITHOUT,.... In the
court of the Israelites, whilst Zacharias was in the holy place;
though not in the holy of holies, where only the high priest ent...
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And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time
of incense.
Ver. 10. _Praying without at the time of incense_] Song of Solomon
3:6, the Church is said to ascend out of the wild...
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_The whole multitude of the people_, &c. The manner in which the
evangelist expresses himself here, shows that a more than ordinary
concourse of the people was in the temple on this occasion, from whi...
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AND THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE WERE PRAYING WITHOUT AT THE TIME
OF INCENSE.
It so happened, or rather it came about by God's dispensation and
government, that Zacharias was serving in his pries...
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Zacharias in the Temple:...
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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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We are told, that the order of the Jewish daily service was this:
twice in the day the priests whose course it was to minister, or such
of them whose lot it was, went into the holy place to burn incen...
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Luke 1:10 And G2532 whole G3956 multitude G4128 people G2992 was G2258
(G5713) praying G4336 (G5740) outside...
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‘And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the
hour of incense.'
Meanwhile at that hour of incense a fairly large crowd of worshippers
would gather in the Temple courtyards so that...
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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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WERE PRAYING WITHOUT
(ην προσευχομενον εξω). Periphrastic imperfect
indicative picturing the posture of the people while the clouds of
incense rose on the inside of the sanctuary....
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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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WHILE THE CROWD OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE PRAYED. People were in the Court of
Israel and the Women's Court. Incense was symbolic of prayer (Psalms
141:2; Revelation 5:8). At the time the priest began to burn...
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_While he executed the priest’s office_
THE PRIEST’S OFFICE
The duties of the priests were many and various.
It was their awful and peculiar honour to “come near the Lord”
(Exodus 19:22). None but t...
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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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_And the whole multitude were praying without._ That is in the court
outside the Holy place or Temple, which the priests alone, might
enter. There were two courts; the inner one, of the priests,
conta...
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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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_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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Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 9:24; Leviticus 16:17; Revelation 8:3...
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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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The people were praying without, at the time of the incense — So the
pious Jews constantly did. And this was the foundation of that elegant
figure, by which prayer is in Scripture so often compared to...
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Observe here, 1. While the incense was burning, the people were
praying; while the priest sends up his incense in the temple within,
the people send up their prayers in the court without. The incense...