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HIS MERCY - Favor shown to the miserable and the guilty.
IS ON THEM - Is shown or manifested to them.
THAT FEAR HIM - That “reverence” or honor Him. One kind of fear is
that which a servant has of a...
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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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AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
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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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MERCY. pity. Greek. eleos. See verses: Luke 1:54; Luke 1:58; Luke
1:72; Luke 54:78. Not the same word as in...
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_his mercy_ Psalms 89:2-3 and passim.
_From generation to generation_ Rather, UNTO GENERATIONS AND
GENERATIONS; _ledôr vadôr_, Genesis 17:9, &c. See Deuteronomy 7:9....
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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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ΕἸΣ ΓΕΝΕᾺΣ ΚΑῚ ΓΕΝΕΆΣ ‘unto generations and
generations’ R. V[12] BCL It[13] Vulg[14] &c. The _Rec_[15] perhaps
arose from the phrase _in saecula saeculorum_.
[12] R. V. Revised Version.
[13] It. Old...
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THE MAGNIFICAT...
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VER 50. AND HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION.
THEOPHYL; Turning from God's special gifts to His general dealings,
she describes the condition of the whole hole human r...
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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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ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость. Септ, подобным
образом переводит слово ПОП, которое
обозначает благодатную верность Бога
Своему завету (Matthew 9:13; Marshall),
ΦΟΒΟΥΜΈΝΟΙΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part., см._ Luk...
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HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM— "So great is the goodness of
God, that he rewards the piety of his servants upon their posterity to
the thousandth generation." Exodus 20:6. By making this observat...
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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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Cp. Psalms 103:17; Psalms 51. Cp. Psalms 89:10. With prophetic
certainty Mary regards the putting down of pride, and the
establishment of meekness as already achieved.
52. Cp....
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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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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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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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HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM. — The words, as read by those
for whom St. Luke wrote, would seem almost to foreshadow the Gospel of
the Apostle of the Gentiles. Those that “feared God” were to be...
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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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And his mercy [is] on them (s) that fear him from generation to
generation.
(s) To those that live godly and religiously, as the Hebrews say....
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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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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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VERS. 48B-50. The greatness of her happiness appears in the renown
which it will bring her; hence the γάρ, _for._ The word _behold_
refers to the unexpected character of this dealing. Mary ascribes to...
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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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(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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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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AND HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM,.... Not with slavish fear of
hell and damnation, but with reverence and godly fear; with a filial
fear, with a reverential love of God, and affection for him; w...
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And his mercy _is_ on them that fear him from generation to
generation.
Ver. 50. _From generation to generation_] Personal goodness is
profitable to posterity....
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_He that is mighty_ Beyond all our conceptions, even the Almighty God,
to whom this strange event is not only possible, but easy; _hath done
to me great things Miracles_, as the words μεγαλα and
μεγαλ...
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AND HIS MERCY IS ON THEM THAT FEAR HIM FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
The salutation of Elisabeth had filled Mary with the highest joy, with
the happiness of faith, it stimulated her to a song which b...
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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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Having celebrated God for his glory and majesty, she here celebrates
him for his mercy, which extends to all, but especially is showed to
such as fear him. She certainly respecteth the promise of God...
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Luke 1:50 And G2532 His G846 mercy G1656 fear G5399 (G5740) Him G846
From G1519 generation G1074 generation...
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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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Luke 1:50. This verse forms two lines of the second stanza.
And his mercy is unto generations and generations on them that fear
him.
UNTO GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. This implies _forever_, but th...
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FEAR
(φοβουμενοις). Dative of the present middle participle.
Here it is reverential fear as in Acts 10:2; Colossians 3:22. The bad
sense of dread appears in Matthew 21:46;...
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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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_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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Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Genesis 17:7; Malachi 3:16;...
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Mercy [ε λ ε ο ς]. The word emphasizes the misery with which
grace (see on verse 30) deals; hence, peculiarly the sense of human
wretchedness coupled with the impulse to relieve it, which issues in
gr...
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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...