And Mary abode with her about three months. — This brings the time so close to the birth of the Baptist that we might well deem it likely that the Virgin waited for it. On the other hand, the next verse seems almost to imply her previous departure. In any case, we may think of the three months as a time of much communion of heart and hope on the great things which God had done and was about to do for Israel.
Verse 56. _AND MARY ABODE WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS_] According to some, the departure of Mary from Hebron must have been but a few days before the birth of John; as _nine_ months had now elapsed si...
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)...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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...
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;...
_about three months_ As this would complete the nine months of Elizabeth's -full time," it might seem probable that the Virgin Mary at least remained until the birth of the Baptist. _returned_ The wor...
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...
ὩΣ ΜΗ͂ΝΑΣ ΤΡΕΙ͂Σ. As this would complete the nine months of Elizabeth’s ‘full time,’ it might seem probable that the Virgin Mary remained at least until the birth of the Baptist. ὙΠΈΣΤΡΕΨΕΝ. This is a...
THE MAGNIFICAT...
VER 56. AND MARY ABODE WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND RETURNED TO HER OWN HOUSE. AMBROSE; Mary abode with Elisabeth until she had accomplished the time of her bringing forth; as it is said, And Mar...
_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...
ΈΜΕΙΝΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) оставаться, ΜΉΝΑΣ _асс. pl., см._ Luke 1:36. _асс._ времени, ΎΠΈΣΤΡΕΨΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΟΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G5290) возвращаться....
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...
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...
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. AND MARY ABODE WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS - that is, until there should be visible evidence of the fulfillment of the pr...
56 Miriam remains with Elizabeth until it is time for John to be born. Though nothing further is told us of their communion, we may easily imagine the overflowing fullness of joy which characterized t...
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...
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...
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...
_Mary returns to her home_. ἔμεινε : the time of Mary's sojourn with her kinswoman is given as “about three months”. This would bring her departure near to the time of Elizabeth's confinement. Did she...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
VER. 56 is a historical conclusion. Did the departure of Mary take place before the birth of John the Baptist? We might suppose so from the particle δέ and the aorist ἐπλήσθη (Luke 1:57), which very n...
(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...
The amount of this narrative is, that the birth of John was distinguished by various miracles, which gave reason to expect, that something great and remarkable would appear in the child himself at a f...
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 MARY ABODE WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS,.... That is, she continued with Elisabeth, as the Syriac and Persic versions express, about the space of three months; in which time, she had full satisfact...
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Ver. 56. _And returned to her own house_] An honest heart is found where its calling is. Such a one, when he is abroad, is l...
_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...
The hymn of Mary:...
AND MARY ABODE WITH HER ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND RETURNED TO HER OWN HOUSE. Mary praises the strength of God's arm, which He has made manifest. He has scattered into all the winds those that were proud...
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...
It is most probable that she staid with her until she was brought to bed, not leaving her just at the time of her travail, but she staid not long after, but went home: by this time she must herself kn...
Luke 1:56 And G1161 Mary G3137 remained G3306 (G5656) with G4862 her G846 about G5616 three G5140 months...
Luke 1:56. AND RETURNED TO HER OWN HOUSE. This was before the birth of John. On her return, as we suppose, the events narrated in Matthew 1:18-24 took place. (See note at the beginning of this section...
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...
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,...
_Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should he delivered_ THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST That which was miraculous at the beginning became natural towards the close. This is seen in the case o...
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...
_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...
Luke 1:56...
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...
Mary returned to her own house — And thence soon after to Bethlehem....
Two things are here observable, 1. The civil courtesy of the Virgin Mary, towards her cousin Elizabeth. She stays with her three months, probably till she was delivered and brought to bed, not leaving...