The mother of my Lord] The aged Elisabeth acknowledges that the young maiden is greater and more highly favoured than she, because she is 'the mother of my Lord,' i.e. of the Messiah.
44. See on Luke 1:41.
Verse 43. _THE MOTHER OF MY LORD_] The _prophetic_ spirit, which appears to have overshadowed Elisabeth, gave her a clear understanding in the mystery of the birth of the promised Messiah....
AND WHENCE IS THIS TO ME? - An expression of humility. Why is it that the mother of my Lord should come to me, as if to honor me? MOTHER OF MY LORD - The word “Lord” sometimes denotes “divinity,” and...
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)...
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104....
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 mother of my Lord_ The words shew a remarkable degree of divine illumination in the mind of Elizabeth. See John 20:28; John 13:13. Yet she does not address Mary as _Domina_, but as -mater Domini...
ἽΝΑ ἜΛΘΗΙ. This would have been expressed in classical Greek by the acc. and infinitive, and Hermann goes so far as to call it “labantis linguae quaedam incuria.” This use of ἵνα has become universal...
THE VISIT OF MARY TO ELIZABETH...
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...
ΈΛΘΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) в _прид._, поясняющем имя (Marshall)....
THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME, &C.— If Elisabeth had not spoken by inspiration, as we are told, Luke 1:41 she could not so much as have suspected that Mary was to be mother of the Messiah; bu...
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...
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...
And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? AND WHENCE IS THIS TO ME, THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME TO ME? What beautiful superiority to envy have we here? High...
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...
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...
WHENCE IS THIS TO ME...? — The sudden inspiration bids Elizabeth, rising above all lower thoughts, to recognise that the child of Mary would be also the Son of the Highest. The contrast leaves no room...
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....
_Mary visits Elizabeth_....
ἵνα ἔλθῃ : subjunctive instead of infin. with art., the beginning of a tendency, which ended in the substitution of να with the subjunctive for the infinitive in modern Greek....
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...
_The mother of my Lord. A proof that Christ was truly God, and the blessed Virgin Mary truly the mother of God. (Witham) --- Elizabeth was a just and blessed woman; yet the excellency of the mother of...
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...
43._And whence is this to me? _The happy medium observed by Elisabeth is worthy of notice. She thinks very highly of the favors bestowed by God on Mary, and gives them just commendation, but yet does...
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 WHENCE IS THIS TO ME,..... How comes it to pass, that such notice is taken of me, such an honour is done me; that besides being favoured with a child, who shall be great, THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LO...
And whence _is_ this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Ver. 43. _That the mother of my Lord, &c._] That the Lord himself should come among us, as he did in the flesh, and doth stil...
_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...
WHENCE IS THIS TO ME; why am I so favored as to be visited by the mother of my Lord? Distinguished favors of God to his people lead them to feel their unworthiness, and render them peculiarly humble a...
AND WHENCE IS THIS TO ME THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME TO ME?...
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...
Elisabeth in these words acknowledgeth both the incarnation of Christ, and the union of the Divine and human nature in the one person of the Mediator; she acknowledgeth Christ her Lord, and Mary to be...
Excerpts of Theodotus He cited as a proof to all, how, when the angels give glad tidings to the barren, they introduce souls before conception. And in the Gospel "the babe leapt"[74]...
Luke 1:43 But G2532 why G4159 this G5124 me G3427 that G2443 mother G3384 my G3450 Lord G2962 come...
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...
THE MOTHER OF MY LORD (η μητηρ του Κυριου μου). See Psalms 110:1. Only by the help of the Holy Spirit could Elisabeth know that Mary was to be the mother of the Messiah....
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 1:5 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...
_And whence is this to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me_? These are words of the greatest humility and reverence; John imitated his mother, saying when Christ came to be baptized of hi...
_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...
1 Samuel 25:41; John 13:13; John 13:5; John 20:28; Luke 20:42;...
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...