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Verse 52. _HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR SEATS_] Or, _He_
_hath taken down potentates from their thrones_. This probably alludes
to the removal of _Saul_ from the throne of Israel, and the
es...
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HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY - The “mighty” here denotes princes,
kings, or conquerors. See Isaiah 14:12.
THEIR SEATS - Their “thrones,” or the places where they sat in
pomp and power.
EXALTED THEM - Ra...
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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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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)...
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And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has exulted
in God, my Saviour, because he looked graciously on the humble estate
of his servant. For--look you--from now on all generations s...
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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY. Amaziah (2 Kings 14:10); Uzziah (2 Chronicles
26:16); Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 5:20); Belshazzar (Daniel 5:23;...
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The Magnificat
46. _And Mary said_ This chapter is remarkable for preserving a record
of two inspired hymns the _Magnificat_and the _Benedictus_which have
been used for more than a thousand years in t...
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_He hath put down the mighty from their seats_ Rather, HE PUTS DOWN
POTENTATES FROM THRONES. The aorists throughout are _gnomic_, i. e.
they do not express single but _normal_acts. The thought is comm...
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THE MAGNIFICAT...
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ΚΑΘΕΙ͂ΛΕΝ ΔΥΝΆΣΤΑΣ�. ‘He puts down potentates
from thrones.’ The aorists throughout are _gnomic_, i.e. they do not
express single but _normal_ acts. Winer, indeed, denies this _gnomic_
use of the aori...
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VER 52. HE HAS PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR SEATS, AND EXALTED THEM
OF LOW DEGREE.
THEOPHYL; The words, He has showed strength with his arm, and those
which went before, And his mercy is on them tha...
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_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...
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ΚΑΘΕΪ́ΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΘΑΙΡΈΩ (G2507)
низводить,
ΎΨΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΨΌΩ (G5312) поднимать
(_см._ Proverbs 3:34; Isaiah 2:11-12)....
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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...
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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...
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For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his
name.
FOR HE THAT IS MIGHTY HATH DONE TO ME GREAT THINGS ...
Verse 50. AND HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION...
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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...
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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...
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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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THE MAGNIFICAT. This glorious song of praise, which has been used in
the services of the Church from early times, tells us more than
anything else in the NT. of the character of our Lord's mother, and...
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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 MIGHTY. — The word (that from which we get our English
“dynasty”) is applied to the eunuch “of great authority” under
Candace, in Acts 8:27, and is used as a divine name in “the blessed
and only P...
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_Mary's song_. μεγαλύνει : _magnificat_, Vulg [10], whence
the ecclesiastical name for this hymn, which has close affinities with
the song of Hanna in 1 Samuel 2:1-10; variously regarded by critics:
b...
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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...
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He hath (y) put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them
of (z) low degree.
(y) The mighty and rich men.
(z) Those of no account, who are vile in men's eyes, who are indeed
the poor in s...
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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...
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3. _The song of Mary: Luke 1:46-56_. Elizabeth's salutation was full
of excitement (_she spake out with a loud voice_), but Mary's hymn
breathes a sentiment of deep inward repose. The greater happines...
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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...
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VER. 52. From the moral contrast between the proud and the faithful,
Mary passes to a contrast of their social position, _the mighty_ and
those of _low degree._ The former are those who reign without...
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A much more strongly marked poetical parallelism characterizes this
strophe. Mary here describes with a thrill of emotion, of which even
her language partakes, the great Messianic revolution, the
comm...
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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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(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,...
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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 SONG OF THE VIRGIN_
‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’
Luke 1:46
Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Scripture...
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52._He hath cast down the nobles _This translation has been adopted,
for the sake of avoiding ambiguity: for though the Greek word
δυνάσται is derived from δύναμις _, power, _it
denotes governors and...
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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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HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR SEATS,.... As mighty kings and
emperors from their thrones, as he often does, in the course of his
providence; setting up one, and putting down another: or the m...
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He hath put down the mighty from _their_ seats, and exalted them of
low degree.
Ver. 52. _He hath put down the mighty_] As he did Bajazet, the proud
Turk, and set up Tamerlane, a Scythian shepherd; w...
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_He hath put down the mighty from their seats_ The mighty think to
secure themselves by might in their seats, but he puts them down and
overturns their seats; while, on the other hand, those of low de...
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HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR SEATS, AND EXALTED THEM OF LOW
DEGREE....
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The hymn of Mary:...
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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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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 1:51...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
sufficiently shown that the glory of riches is condemned by our God,
"who putteth down the mighty from their throne, and exalts the poor
from the dunghill."[1164]...
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Luke 1:52 down G2507 (G5627) mighty G1413 from G575 thrones G2362 And
G2532 exalted G5312 (G5656) lowly...
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Luke 1:52. PRINCES FROM THEIR THRONES, heathen usurpers. That Herod
was thought of is very probable, but not Herod alone. Here, as in the
royal war-songs of David, the singer thinks of all the mighty...
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ON THE HARMONY with the account in Matthew. Views: 1. That the events
recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 took place before the visit to Elisabeth.
It is urged that a betrothed virgin would not be permitted t...
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PRINCES
(δυναστας). Our word dynasty is from this word. It comes from
δυναμα, to be able....
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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 1:26. _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...
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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...
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Luke 1:46. _And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour._
The burden of Mary's Magnificat is very similar to Hannah's song,
though there was one respec...
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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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MARY SAID. Mary is also filled with the Holy Spirit. These two holy
women are the first human prophets of the New Testament Age. Mary
speaks the language of the Psalms. In Luke 1:46-49, she praises Go...
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_My soul doth magnify the Lord_
MARY’S SONG
Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this
noble song.
It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our
hearts...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:50 FEAR. Reverent, humble obedience that seeks
to please God. The second reason for Mary’s praise is introduced by
HE HAS SHOWN STRENGTH WITH HIS ARM, a tribute to God’s power....
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:46 Mary’s song of praise traditionally has
been called the “Magnificat,” based on the Latin for the opening
word, “magnifies.” The Magnificat is the first of three hymns in
chs. Lu...
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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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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...
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_He hath put down_, &c. As He put down the proud Saul from his royal
throne by putting the humble David in his place; so He put the humble
Mordecai in the place of the proud Haman, and Esther in the p...
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_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...
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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 2:4; 1 Samuel 2:6; Amos 9:11; Ecclesiastes 4:14; Ezekiel
17:24
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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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He hath put down the mighty — Both angels and men....