Luke 1:44. For. She recognized Mary as the mother of her Lord, in consequence of the leaping of her own unborn babe, for joy. If the movement of the child was in sympathy with the mother, then Elisabeth gives a proof of the greatness of Mary's unborn child, and a reason for her humble question in Luke 1:43. As if she would say: why is such a privilege accorded to me, so great that it affects with exultation my unborn Babe!
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...
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)...
In those days Mary arose and went eagerly to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and went into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting the babe leaped in h...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. SOUNDED IN. came into. FOR JOY. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) exultation....
_for joy_ Rather, IN EXULTATION....
The Visit of Mary to Elizabeth 39. _in those days_ Rather, THESE. Probably within a month of the Annunciation. _went into the hill country_ Palestine west of the Jordan lies in _four_parallel lines o...
THE VISIT OF MARY TO ELIZABETH...
ΓΆΡ. This assigns the ground of her recognition of Mary as Mother of the Messiah. ἘΝ�. ‘In exultation.’ To apply this incident to inferences as to the salvation of infants was one of the strange perv...
Ver 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,...
_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...
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...
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...
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. FOR, LO, AS SOON ......
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...
1:44 sounded (h-9) Lit. 'took place.'...
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...
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...
CHAPTER 4 THE VIRGIN MOTHER. THE Beautiful Gate of the Jewish Temple opened into the "Court of the Women"-so named from the fact that they were not allowed any nearer approach towards the Holy Place....
γὰρ : implies that from the movement of her child Elizabeth inferred that the _mother of the Lord_ stood before her....
_Mary visits Elizabeth_....
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...
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...
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...
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...
2. _The salutation of Elizabeth: Luke 1:42-45_. “ _And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb._ 43. _And whence is this to me, th...
(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,...
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...
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...
FOR LO, AS SOON AS THE VOICE OF THY SALUTATION SOUNDED IN MINE EARS,.... This she mentions, as the signal by which she knew that she was the mother of her Lord; namely, from that unusual and extraordi...
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Ver. 44. _Leaped in my womb_] More like a suckling at the breast (as the word signifieth) tha...
_Mary arose in those days_ That is, soon after the time that she had received the extraordinary message mentioned above; _and went into the hill-country_ Where Elisabeth dwelt, although it was at leas...
FOR, LO, AS SOON AS THE VOICE OF THY SALUTATION SOUNDED IN MINE EARS, THE BABE LEAPED IN MY WOMB FOR JOY....
MARY'S VISIT TO ELISABETH. The salutation of Mary and Elisabeth's answer:...
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...
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...
By these words Elisabeth declareth that she looked upon the motion of the child in her womb, upon Mary's salutation of her, as something more than natural....
Luke 1:44 For G1063 indeed G2400 (G5628) soon G5613 voice G5456 your G4675 greeting G783 sounded G1096 ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Elizabeth speaks in the poetic imagery of the Middle East, and she speaks as a prophet. MY LORD'S MOTHER. Mary was to be the mother of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. [Note the pre-existence of Jesus (Col...
_And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country_ THE HOME OF ZACHARIAS Juttah, an ancient priestly town, is held by the Greek Church to be the birthplace of St. John the Baptist, and as...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:44 LEAPED FOR JOY. At the sixth month of pregnancy, the unborn child was a distinct person, able to feel joy. ⇐...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
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...
_The babe leaped._ Symbolically, the leaping of John prefigured his own martyrdom; for by his dancing he represented the dancing of the daughter of Herodias, by which having pleased Herod, she asked a...
_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...
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...
Luke 1:41...
For joy [ε ν α γ α λ λ ι α σ ε ι]. Lit., in joy. See on verse 14....
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...