FORASMUCH AS. Since, as is well known indeed. Greek. _epeideper._ Occurs only here in N.T. HAVE IN HAND. Implying previous non. success (Acts 19:13). Elsewhere only in Acts 9:29. A medical word. Compare Colossians 4:14. TO SET FORTH IN ORDER. to draw up. A DECLARATION. a narrative. Greek. _dieges... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. Greek _apo._ App-104. FROM THE BEGINNING. Greek. _ap' arches;_ i.e. from the birth or ministry of the Lord. Compare John 15:27; Acts 1:1; Acts 1:21; Acts 1:22. WERE. became. EYEWITNESSES. Greek _autoptai. Occurs_ only here. Not the same word as in 2 Peter 1:16. A medical word (Colossians 4:... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING HAD PERFECT UNDERSTANDING. having followed up accurately. ALL. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "all". FROM THE VERY FIRST. from above. Greek. _anothen._ As in Matthew 27:51 (the top, Mark 15:38). John 3:3; John 3:7 (again), John 3:31 (from above); Luke 19:11; Luke 19:... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. in order that. MIGHTEST KNOW. get to have full knowledge. Greek. _epiginosko.)_ App-132. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34. THINGS. words. WHEREIN. concerning (Greek. _peri._ App-104.) which. THOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED. thou wast [orally] TAUGHT. Greek. _katecheo._ See A... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS. There came to be.. Hebraism, Compare Luke 1:8, and see on Luke 2:1. IN. Greek _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:15; Luke 1:20; Luke 1:44. IN THE DAYS. A Hebraism. See Matthew 2:1. Compare Esther 1:1. HEROD. See App-109. THE KING. This title had been conferred by th... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. The Texts read _enantion,_ not _enopion_ (= in the presence of, as Luke 1:19). Both are found in the Papyri in this sense. GOD. App-98. ORDINANCES. legal requirements. Greek. Plural of _dlkaioma,_ which should always be so rendered in its other nine occurrences (Romans 1:32; Romans 2:26 ;... [ Continue Reading ]
NO. Greek. _ou._ App-106. CHILD. Greek. _teknon._ See App-108. BECAUSE THAT. inasmuch as. WELL STRICKEN. advanced.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT CAME TO PASS.. Hebraism. See note on Luke 1:5. WHILE HE EXECUTED, &c.. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) executing. Greek. _hierateuo,_ to act as. priest. Not peculiar to Biblical Greek, but found often in the Papyri.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata._ App-104. HIS LOT WAS. it fell to him by lot. TO BURN INCENSE. Greek. _thumiao._ Occurs only here in N.T. incense. The first recorded use of incense by man began in _disobedience_ (Numbers 16:6), and the last ended in _unbelief (Luke 1:20),_ _ WHEN HE WENT_= going. _... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYING. See App-134. AT THE TIME. at the hour. This was the signal.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Luke 12:8; Luke 15:10; Luke 16:22; Luke 22:43; Luke 24:4; Luke 24:23 [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-138. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. As in Luke 1:35. Not the same word as in Luke 1:58.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 1:20; Luke 1:22; Luke 1:34. FOR. because. PRAYER. a definite petition. IS HEARD. was heard: i.e. not now, or recently. Evidently the prayer f... [ Continue Reading ]
JOY AND GLADNESS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). joy, yea exultant joy. AT. upon[the occasion of]. Greek. _epi._ App-104., as in Luke 1:29. BIRTH. bringing forth. Greek _gennao,_ used of the mother. See note on Matthew 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SIGHT OF. before. See note on "before", Luke 1:6. SHALL DRINK NEITHER. shallin no wise (Greek. _ou me._ App-105.) drink, STRONG DRINK. Greek. _sikera, any_ intoxicating drink not from grapes. SHALL BE FILLED. Verbs of filling take the Genitive of what the person or vessel is filled with.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. See App-108. TO. towards. Greek. _epi._ App-104. LORD. Greek. _kurios._ App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO. goforth. THE SPIRIT AND POWER. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). the SPIRIT. yea, the powerful spirit (Malachi 4:5). ELIAS. Elijah. TO TURN, &c. Reference to Malachi 3:1 with Malachi 4:5; Malachi 4:6. See App-107. DISOBEDIENT. unbelieving. to. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. WISDOM. Greek. _... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREBY. According to (Greek. _kata,_ as in Luke 1:9) what [sign]. KNOW. get to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-182. FOR. AM AN OLD MAN. To Zechariah the promise seemed to come too late; to Mary (Luke 1:34)too early.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERING SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. GABRIEL. the mighty man of God. The messanger of the restoration (Luke 1:26; Daniel 8:16; Daniel 9:21), as Michael is the messanger of Israel's delieverance from judgement (Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1.Jude 1:9. and... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THOU SHALT BE DUMB. The finite Verb and Participle denote continuous silence. BE PERFORMED. come to pass. BELIEVEST NOT. didst not believe. App-150. Note the Negative. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. WHICH. which are of. kind which. Greek. _hoitines,_ de... [ Continue Reading ]
WAITED FOR. were looking for. The finite Verb and Participle denoting protracted waiting. MARVELLED. Because such waiting was usually short.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK: i.e. pronounce the usual blessing (Numbers 6:24). PERCEIVED. clearly perceived, or recognised. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. HAD SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133. BECKONED. kept making signs.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAYS. week. MINISTRATION. public service. Greek _leitourgia._ Hence Eng. "liturgy". TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. CONCEIVED. Greek. _sullambano._. medical word, used in this sense in Luke and in James 1:15. See App-179. HID. completely secluded. Probably to avoid all possibility of uncleanness, as in Judges 13:4; Judges 13:5; Judges 13:7,. Jdg 13:1214. Occurs only here in N.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED ON. Greek. _epeidon._ App-133. Occurs only in Luke here, and Acts 4:29. TO TAKE AWAY MY REPROACH. Compare Genesis 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6; Hosea 9:14. Contrast Luke 23:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIXTH MONTH. After the vision of Zachariah. THIS (Compare Luke 1:36) is the passage which gives John's age as six months older than the Lord's. See App-179. FROM. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. UNTO. Greek. _eis.App-104._ Galilee. One of the four Roman divisions of Palestine, comprising Zebulun, Nap... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros.App-104._ VIRGIN. This settles the meaning of the Hebrew _`almah_ in Isaiah 7:14. There is no question about the Greek _parthenos._ ESPOUSED. betrothed.. year before marriage. See Matthew 1:18. MAN. husband. Greek. _aner._ App-123. MARY. the Hebrew _Miriam._ Exodus 15:20. See Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
HAIL. See note on Matthew 26:49 THOU THAT ART HIGHLY FAVOURED. [thou] having been graced [by God]. endued with grace. Occurs only here, and Ephesians 1:6. accepted through grace. "Grace" does not occur in Matthew or Mark. WITH. in association with. Greek. _meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in v... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SHE SAW HIM. Omitted by all THE TEXTS. CAST IN HER MIND. beganto reason, or was reasoning. Imperfect Tense.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUND. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for "received". FAVOUR. grace: which is favourthe unworthy, as patience is favour to the obstinate, as mercy is favour to the miserable, as pity is favour to the poor, &c. WITH. from. Greek. _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT CONCEIVE: i.e. forthwith conceive. The Tense marks. future action, the beginning of which in relation to future time is past, but the consequences of which still continue. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Luke 31:32, emphasizing each detail. Note the four statemen... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL BE GREAT, &c. Marks the break in the Dispensations, verses: Luke 1:32; Luke 1:33 being yet future. THE HIGHEST. the Most High. Greek _hupsiatos._ Occurs seven times in Luke (Luke 1:32; Luke 1:35; Luke 1:76; Luke 2:14 (plural); Luke 6:35; Luke 8:28;... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER. _Greek. epi._ App-104. JACOB. Put for all the natural seed of the twelve tribes. FOR. unto. Greek _eis._ App-104. FOR EVER. unto the ages. See App-151. More Reading, see Psalms 45:6; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27. Mic 4:7. 1 Corinthians 15:24; Hebrews 1:8; Revelation 11:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING, &c.. since, &c. Mary's answer shows how she understood the angel's promise. She does not question the _fact,_ as Zacharias did (Luke 1:18), but only inquires as to the _mode. To_ Mary the promise seems too early, to Zacharias too late. KNOW. come to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL OVERSHADOW. Compare Exodus 33:22.Mark 9:7. THEREFORE. wherefore. THAT HOLY THING. See Heb 7:26. 1 Peter 2:22, and note on Matthew 27:4. THE SON OF GOD. God's Son. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUSIN. kinswoman. SHE HATH ALSO CONCEIVED. she also hath conceived.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTHING. NOT (Greek. _ou._ App-105) any word. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Greek _idou._ App-133. HANDMAID. bondmaid. WORD. See note on Luke 1:37. Same word.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTERED.. detail, to emphasize the fact, by which she recognized the truth of the sign of Luke 1:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAPED. Greek. _skirtao._ Only used in N.T. here, Luke 1:44, and Luke 6:23. Compare Genesis 25:22. Septuagint has the same word.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE out. cried out. Greek. _anaphoneo_. Occurs only here.. medical word. See Colossians 4:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. SOUNDED IN. came into. FOR JOY. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) exultation.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. happy. Not the same word as in Luke 1:42. PERFORMANCE. fulfilment. from. Greek _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
MARY. From. common practice of transcribers in replacing. pronoun by the corresponding proper noun, or name, some have thought that this hymn is. continuation of Elisabeth's words. And the Structure favours this idea. But there is no MS. evidence for it. MY SOUL. Imyself. For emphasis. See App-110.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SPIRIT. See App-101. REJOICED. exulted. IN. Greek. _epi._ App-104. GOD MY SAVIOUR. Note the Article. the God [Who is] the Saviour [of me]. See Septuagint Deu 82:15.Psalms 24:6; Psalms 24:6 ; Luke 25:5; Luke 95:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARDED. looked _(Greek. epiblepo._ App-133.) UPON (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) See James 2:3, and compare 1 Samuel 1:11.Psalms 33:14; Psalms 119:132 (Septuagint).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS MIGHTY. the Mighty One. HIS NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. pity. Greek. eleos. See verses: Luke 1:54; Luke 1:58; Luke 1:72; Luke 54:78. Not the same word as in Luke 1:30. FEAR. reverence. FROM GENERATION, &c.. unto (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) generations of generations.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Greek. _en._ App-104. HIS ARM. Figure of speech _Anthrapopatheia._ App-6. Compare Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 59:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY. Amaziah (2 Kings 14:10); Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:16); Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 5:20); Belshazzar (Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:30). SEATS. thrones. THEM OF LOW DEGREE. the lowly.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLPEN. laid hold of [for help], or taken by the hand. Compare Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 41:9. IN REMEMBRANCE. [in order] to remember.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. OUR FATHERS. Compare Micah 7:20; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:16; Acts 2:39. FOR EVER. unto the age. See App-151. a.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. in fellowship with. Greek. _sun._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:28; Luke 1:30; Luke 1:37; Luke 28:39; Luke 28:61; Luke 28:66. RETURNED. returned back. Greek _hupostrepho._ Almost peculiar to Luke. Oct:. only in Mark 14:40; Galatians 1:1;... [ Continue Reading ]
FULL TIME. fulfilled time. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) throughout the passage verses: Luke 1:57, eighteen "ands". BROUGHT FORTH. Greek _gennao._ Correctly rendered here, of the mother. Used of the father it. beget. See note on Matthew 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEWED GREAT MERCY. magnified His mercy.. Hebraism. Compare Genesis 19:19; 2 Samuel 22:51, Septuagint. UPON. with. Greek _meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:12; Luke 1:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 1:65. ON THE EIGHTH DAY. Genesis 17:12.Leviticus 12:3.Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:5. CHILD. Greek. _paidion._ App-108. THEY CALLED. Imperf. Tense. were for calling, AFTER. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 1:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT SO. No. Greek. _ouchi._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS. That there is. OF. among. Greek _en._ App-104. THAT IS. who is.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE SIGNS. Imperf. Tense. were consulting him by signs; i.e. while the colloquy was going on, WOULD. wished to. Greek. _thelo._ App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITING TABLE. writing tablet Table was used for tablet in 1611. Used by medical writers in Luke's day. WROTE, SAYING.. Hebraism. Compare 2 Kings 10:6. "JOHN". the grace of Jehovah, was thus the first written word of that dispensation.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMEDIATELY. at once. Greek _parachrema._ Occurs nineteen times. All in Luke or Acts, except Matthew 21:19; Matthew 21:20. A medical word (see Colossians 4:14), used thirteen times in connection with disease or healing. Rendered "straightway "in Luke 8:55.Acts 5:10. SPAKE. began to speak. Imperf. T... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SAYINGS. Greek. Plural of _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. WERE NOISED ABROAD. were talked of. THROUGHOUT ALL. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) the whole.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HEARD. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "that had heard".... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Hence the name "Benedictus" given to Zacharias's prophecy. GOD. the God. VISITED. lookedon. Not the same word as in Luke 1:48. See App-133. REDEEMED. wrought. ransom for. Compare Titus 2:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HORN _ OF_ SALVATION.. Hebraism. See Psalms 132:17; 1 Samuel 2:1; 1 Samuel 2:10; Ezekiel 29:21. HIS SERVANT DAVID. See Psalms 132:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. through. GREEK. _ DIA._ App-104.Luke 1:1. SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. from [the] age i.e. of old. See App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. with. Greek _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OATH, &c. See Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF _=_ from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. HAND. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "hands". serve: or worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLINESS. Toward God. righteousness. Toward men. Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Ephesians 4:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. Greek. _pro._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWLEDGE. Greek. _gnosis._ App-132. BY. for. Greek. _en._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH. On account of. Greek _dia._ App-104.Luke 1:2. TENDER MERCY. bowels of compassion. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). WHEREBY. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) which. DAYSPRING. Greek. _anatole._ Hebrew. _zemach_. branch (see page 1304), is rendered _anatole_ in Jeremiah 23:6 and Zecha... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE LIGHT TO. shine upon. THE SHADOW _ OF_ DEATH.. Hebraism. _Zalmaveth._ Job 10:21; Job 38:17; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 107:10; Isaiah 9:2.Matthew 4:16, &c. GUIDE. direct. Wycliffe has "dress", through the O. French _dresser =_ to arrange, still preserved as an English military term.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAXED STRONG. grew and was strengthened. spirit. Greek. _pneuma._ See App-101. THE DESERTS. The article. indicating. well-known part. SHEWING. public or official inauguration. Greek. _anadeixis._ Only occurs here. The verb _anadeiknumi_ occurs Luke 10:1. See note there.... [ Continue Reading ]