A vision. — The word is used as distinguished from “dream,” to imply that what had been witnessed had been seen with the waking sense. The look of awe, the strange gestures, the unwonted silence, all showed that he had come under the influence of some supernatural power.
He beckoned unto them. — The tense implies continued and repeated action.
Verse Luke 1:22. _THEY PERCEIVED THAT HE HAD SEEN A VISION_] As the sanctuary was separated from the court by a great veil, the people could not see what passed, but they understood this from Zacharia...
HAD SEEN A VISION - The word “vision” means “sight, appearance,” or “spectre,” and is commonly applied to spirits, or to beings from another world. When he came out of the temple, it is probable that...
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...
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....
_And when he came out_ The moment of the priest's reappearance from before the ever-burning golden candlestick, and the veil which hid the Holiest Place, was one which powerfully affected the Jewish i...
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...
ἘΞΕΛΘῺΝ ΔΈ. The moment of the priest’s reappearance from before the ever-burning golden candlestick, and the veil which hid the Holiest Place, was one which powerfully affected the Jewish imagination....
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF THE FORERUNNER...
Ver 18. And Zacharias said to the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 19. And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the pr...
_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...
ΈΞΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΈΔΎΝΑΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Luke 1:20, с _inf._ ΈΠΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_...
FOR HE BECKONED UNTO THEM,— _He made signs to them._ The word Κωφος, rendered _speechless,_ signifies _deaf,_ as well as _dumb,_ the latter being generallythe consequence of the former; and accordingl...
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 when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE COULD N...
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...
1:22 temple. (b-23) _ Naos_ , the shrine. recognised (l-14) As 'know,' Matthew 7:16 ....
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...
CAME OUT] His duty was now to pronounce the priestly benediction (Numbers 6:24), but this he was unable to do....
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 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...
ὀπτασίαν : from his dazed look they inferred that the priest had seen a vision (chap. Luke 24:23; 2 Corinthians 12:1). διανεύων : making signs all he could do; he could not bless them, _e.g._, if that...
_The people without_. προσδοκῶν, waiting; they had to wait. The priest was an unusually long time within, something uncommon must have happened. The thought likely to occur was that God had slain the...
_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...
THE FORERUNNER Luke 1:13-25 As we open this Gospel we feel the wealth of a new age. The country was full of anarchy, misrule and wild passion, but there were many who “spoke often one to another,” M...
DOUBT & DUMBNESS ALWAYS CO-EXISTENT 18-20. Here we see that Zacharias evinced his doubt of Gabriel's communication by asking a sign. O how many people now doubt God and wait for signs, instead of taki...
VERS. 21 AND 22. According to the Talmud, the high priest did not remain long in the Holy of Holies on the great day of atonement. Much more would this be true of the priest officiating daily in the H...
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...
2. VERS. 18-22 relate the manner in which the promise is received; and first, the objection of Zacharias (Luke 1:18); next, his punishment (Luke 1:19-20); lastly, the effect produced upon the people b...
(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 WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO THEM,.... Or deliver the benediction they were waiting for: AND THEY PERCEIVED THAT HE HAD SEEN A VISION IN THE TEMPLE: which he made them to understand,...
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. Ver. 22. _He could not speak unto t...
_And the people_ Who had been praying in the court of the temple, while the incense was burning; _waited for Zacharias_ To come out and bless them; for so the priests used to do after burning the ince...
BECKONED UNTO THEM; he showed them by signs that he had seen a vision....
The anxiety of the people:...
AND WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO THEM; AND THEY PERCEIVED THAT HE HAD SEEN A VISION IN THE TEMPLE; FOR HE BECKONED UNTO THEM, AND REMAINED SPEECHLESS....
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...
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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...
Luke 1:22. THEY PERCEIVED. They probably asked why he had remained so long, and at once found that he was both deaf (Luke 1:62) and dumb, as the word ‘speechless' implies. From this they inferred THAT...
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...
PERCEIVED (επεγνωσαν). Second aorist indicative. Clearly knew because he was not able to pronounce the benediction from the steps (Numbers 6:24-26).CONTINUED MAKING SIGNS (ην διανευων). Periphras...
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,...
HE COULD NOT SPEAK TO THEM. This was the sign. They knew he had seen a vision. But Gabriel was not a vision, he had been there in person....
_I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God_ “I AM GABRIEL. ” Names of angels The name Gabriel signifies “The mighty messenger of God.” The Bible knows of only two heavenly personages who are i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:5 The Infancy Narrative. The opening (Luke 1:8) and conclusion (Luke 2:21) of this secti
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:22 MUTE may mean both deaf and mute (see note on vv. 62–63). ⇐...
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...
_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 12:17; Acts 19:33; Acts 21:40; John 13:24...
They perceived [ε π ε γ ν ω σ α ν]. Clearly perceived. See on Matthew 7:16, and verse 4. He beckoned [η ν δ ι α ν ε υ ω ν]. Better Rev., continued making signs. Again the participle with the finite v...
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...