Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Luke 1:73
The oath. — The noun is in apposition to the “covenant” of the preceding verse, though not grammatically in the same case with it.
The oath. — The noun is in apposition to the “covenant” of the preceding verse, though not grammatically in the same case with it.
THE OATH - This oath is recorded in Genesis 22:16. It was an oath in which God swore by himself (because he could swear by no greater, Hebrews 6:13) that he would surely bless Abraham and his posterit...
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...
THE BIRTH OF JOHN. THE BENEDICTAS. In due course Elisabeth bore her son and received the congratulations of her friends. When the babe has been circumcised and named, his mother rejects the proposal t...
His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied like this: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has graciously visited his people and wrought deliverance for them. H...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
THE OATH, &c. See Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:17....
The Birth of John the Baptist 58. _her cousins_ Rather, HER KINSFOLK, which was the original meaning of the word _cousins_(_con-sobrini_). See Luke 1:36....
_mercy … remember … oath_ These three words have been thought by some to be an allusion to the three names John (-Jehovah's _mercy_"); Zacharias (- _remembered_by Jehovah"), and Elizabeth (see p. 45)....
_The oath which he sware_ Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 22:16-17; comp. Hebrews 7:13-14;...
THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
72, 73. ἜΛΕΟΣ … ΜΝΗΣΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ … ὍΡΚΟΝ. These three words have been thought by some to be an allusion to the three names John (‘Jehovah’s _mercy_’), Zacharias (‘_remembered_ by Jehovah’), and Elizabeth (s...
ὍΡΚΟΝ ὋΝ ὬΜΟΣΕΝ. Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 22:16-17; comp. Hebrews 7:13-14;...
VER 72. TO PERFORM THE MERCY PROMISED TO OUR FOREFATHERS, AND TO REMEMBER HIS HOLY COVENANT; 73. THE OATH WHICH HE SWORE TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, 74. THAT HE WOULD GRANT TO US. THEOPHYL; Having announce...
_THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF JOHN -- LUKE 1:57-80:_ When Elizabeth's son was born her relatives and neighbors came on the eighth day to circumcise him. They called him Zacharias after the name of his...
ΏΜΟΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΝΎΩ (G3660) клясться, ΔΟΎΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. _Inf._ передает содержание и цель клятвы (Plummer)....
DISCOURSE: 1469 THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS Luke 1:67. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed hi...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 5 Paean of Redemption (Luke 1:57-80) 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a Song of Solomon 5, Song of Solomon 58And her neighbors an
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, THE OATH WHICH HE SWARE TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM. The whole work of Messiah, and the kingdom He was to establish on the earth, are represented here as a...
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...
THE BENEDICTUS. 'This song, which was composed in the priest's mind during the time of his silence, broke solemnly from his lips the moment speech was restored to him, as the metal flows from the cruc...
Birth and childhood of the Baptist. The Benedictus. 59. The eighth day] Circumcision took place on the eighth day, even though it was the sabbath: see John 7:22. At the circumcision of a child the cir...
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...
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...
ὅρκον for ὅρκου, depending on μνησθῆναι, a case of inverse attraction, the noun by the relative (ὃν, object of ὤμοσεν) instead of the relative by the noun. _Cf._ Luke 20:17. Examples from Greek author...
_The song of Zechariah_, called from the first word of it in the Vulgate the _Benedictus_. It is usually divided into five strophes, but it is more obviously divisible into two main parts, Luke 1:67-7...
THE SONG AT THE HERALD'S BIRTH Luke 1:57-80 This song is second only to that of Mary. It is a noble ode, tracing our Lord's advent back to the early covenant of God with the fathers and anticipating...
According to _the oath which he swore. [11] The words according to, are no addition to the letter of the text: they only barely express what is here signified; to wit, that God swore to Abraham, that...
Jusjurandum quod juravit, _Greek: orkon on in the accusative case, for Greek: kat orkon, secundum juramentum. Ibid. daturum se nobis, i.e. se effecturum, &c. Greek: tou dounai emin, &c._...
ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION THE CENTRAL TRUTH OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT 68-75. “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, because he hath interposed and wrought redemption for His people, and raised up a horn of s...
FOURTH NARRATIVE: BIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LUKE 1:57-80. Here opens the second cycle of the narratives of the infancy. This first narration comprises 1. The birth of John (Luke 1:57...
“ _And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying_, 68. _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people_, 69. _And hath raised up a hor...
3. _The song of Zacharias: Luke 1:67-80_. It might be supposed that Zacharias composed this song in view of the religious and moral progress of the child, or on the occasion of some special event in w...
(67) And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, (68) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people, (69) And hath raised up an ho...
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...
73._According to the oath _There is no word in the Greek original for the preposition _according to: _but it is a common and well understood principle of language, that when the accusative case is put...
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...
THE OATH WHICH HE SWORE TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM. When he swore by himself, because he could swear by no greater, that in blessing he would bless him; that his seed should possess the gates of his enemie...
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, Ver. 73. _The oath which he sware_] ορκος _quasi_ ερκος, a hedge, which a man may not break; much less will God....
_That we should be saved from our enemies_ Spiritual as well as temporal, invisible as well as visible; _and from the hand of all that hate us_ From Satan and his angels, and all adverse power, and es...
A hymn of praise:...
THE OATH WHICH HE SWARE TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM...
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...
67-80 Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apac...
God first gave Abraham his word, GENESIS 18:10, then he confirmed it by his oath, GENESIS 22:16. The apostle, to the Hebrews, saith, HEBREWS 6:13, When God made promise to Abraham, because he could sw...
Luke 1:73 oath G3727 which G3739 swore G3660 (G5656) to G4314 our G2257 father G3962 Abraham G11 Swore - PtC...
Luke 1:73. THE OATH. This explains the word ‘covenant' in Luke 1:72. God's covenant of mercy had been sealed by an oath. This ‘oath' is found recorded in Genesis 22:16-18. The Abrahamic covenant becom...
The fulfilment of the angelic promise to Zacharias in the birth of John, the obedience of the parents in calling the child by the appointed name, and the removal of the dumbness of Zacharias at the ti...
THE OATH WHICH HE SWARE (ορκον ον ωμοσεν). Antecedent attracted to case of the relative. The oath appears in Genesis 22:16-18. The oppression of the Gentiles seems to be in the mind of Zacharias. I...
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,...
LET US PRAISE THE LORD. Zechariah's prophecy is in Hebrew thought and idiom. This shows the influence that molded John's character as he grew up as Zechariah's son. A MIGHTY SAVIOR FOR US. Compare Phi...
_The oath which He sware_ THE PURPOSE OF GOD’S OATH God doth not give it to make His word or promise sure and steadfast, but to give assurance and security to us of their accomplishment. Every word...
_And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost_ THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS I. Preliminary questions. In the opening portion of St. Luke’s Gospel, there is a definiteness of time, place, and cir...
_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...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:68 Zechariah’s prophecy is a single sentence in Greek. It is often called the “Benedictus,” from its first word in Latin. Like the Magnificat (see note on vv. 46–55), the Benedictu...
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 1:58. COUSINS.—Rather, “kinsfolk,” which was the original meaning of “cousins.” HOW THE LORD.—Rather, “that the Lord” (R.V.). Luke 1:59. ON THE EIGHTH DAY.—The stated time for a...
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...
Deuteronomy 7:12; Deuteronomy 7:8; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:17;...
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...
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...