Angel of the Lord; it had been about four hundred years since God had sent the Jews a prophet, or made to them any direct revelation. Malachi was the last, and with him the Old Testament revelation closed. As the Messiah was about to appear, divine communications were again opened, and this angel was sent to announce his approach, the birth of his forerunner, and what he would do to "prepare the way of the Lord."
Verse Luke 1:11. _THERE APPEARED - AN ANGEL OF THE LORD_] There had been neither prophecy nor angelic ministry vouchsafed to this people for about 400 years. But now, as the Sun of righteousness is ab...
AN ANGEL - An “angel” is a messenger sent from God. See the notes at Matthew 1:20. It had now been about 400 years since the time of “Malachi,” and since there had been any divine revelation. During t...
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...
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...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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...
APPEARED. App-106. an angel. For the frequent references to angels in Luke, see Luke 1:26; Luke 2:9; Luke 2:13; Luke 2:21;...
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...
_an angel_ St Luke dwells more than any of the Evangelists on the ministry of angels, Luke 1:26; Luke 2:9; Luke 2:13; Luke 2:21;...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ. The ὤφθη implies an objective vision. St Luke dwells more than any of the Evangelists on the ministry of angels, Luke 1:26; Luke 2:9; Luke 2:13; Luke 2:21;...
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...
_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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THERE APPEARED UNTO HIM AN ANGEL— It is altogether uncertain whether this happened at the morning or evening sacrifice. Grotius thinks it was in the morning; others fancy it was in the evening; but ne...
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...
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. AND THERE APPEARED UNTO HIM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD - not while at home, but in the act of discharg...
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...
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...
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...
AN ANGEL] It was said of the high priest Simon the Just (died 320 b.c.) that 'for those forty years wherein he had served as high priest, he had seen an angel clothed in white coming into the Holy Pla...
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...
THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. — The altar stood just in front of the veil that divided the outer sanctuary from the Holy of Holies. It was made of shittim wood, and overlaid with gold, both symbols of incorru...
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...
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...
_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...
ὤφθη : the appearance very particularly described, the very position of the angel indicated: on the _right_ side of the altar of incense; the south side, the _propitious_ side say some, the place of h...
_A celestial visitant_....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
AND THERE APPEARED UNTO HIM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD,.... Gabriel, as seem's manifest from Luke 1:19 the same angel that had appeared to Daniel, about the time of the evening oblation, near five hundred y...
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. Ver. 11. _Standing on the right side of the altar_] As Satan stood at the right hand of Joshua to...
_There appeared unto him an angel_ About four hundred years had passed since God had vouchsafed to his ancient people any supernatural communication, either by prophecy, the ministry of angels, or in...
The angel messenger:...
AND THERE APPEARED UNTO HIM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ALTAR OF INCENSE....
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...
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...
Though we translate it _appeared, _ yet in the Greek it is, there was seen of him. An angel indeed was there; whether the angel Gabriel or not, or in what form he appeared, it is not said. It is by so...
Tertullian On Prayer [100]...
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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...
‘And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of altar of incense.' And then suddenly, alone in the semi-darkness, there in that outer sanctuary lit only by the seven-bran...
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...
Luke 1:11. Appeared to him. An actual angelic appearance. The pious priest, engaged in this high duty, alone in the holiest spot into which he could enter, at the most sacred moment, would be in a sta...
APPEARED (ωφθη). First aorist passive indicative. It is the form used by Paul of the resurrection appearances of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:5-8). There is no use in trying to explain away the reality...
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 1:5. _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...
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,...
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED. Gabriel (Luke 1:19)....
_An angel of the Lord_ ANGELIC VISITS The angels will come to us when we are doing the Lord’s business--even though that business be routine, and we have become almost weary with its mechanical repe...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition J OHN H ODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892. INTRODUCTION. . T HE _Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to S. Luke_, that is, the Holy Evangelical H...
_There appeared unto him an angel_ (Gabriel, as is clear from v. 19), _standing on the right side of the altar._ 1. Because he had come to announce good tidings. Euthymius. 2. Because he brought down...
_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...
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...
Acts 10:3; Acts 10:4; Exodus 30:1; Exodus 37:25; Exodus 40:26;...
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...
Whilst Zacharias was praying to God, an angel appears to Zacharias: When we are nearest God, the good angels are nighest us: they are most with us when we are most with him. The presence of angels wit...