Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 1:4
That thou mightest (e) know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
(e) Have fuller knowledge of those things which you know only partially.
That thou mightest (e) know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
(e) Have fuller knowledge of those things which you know only partially.
Verse Luke 1:4. _WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED._] κατηχηθης - In which thou hast been _catechized_. It appears that Theophilus had already received the _first elements_ of the Christian doctrine,...
THE CERTAINTY - Have full evidence or proof of. BEEN INSTRUCTED - By the preachers of the gospel. The original word is the one from which is derived our word “catechism - been catechized;” but it doe...
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PREFACE. The writer, influenced by the attempts of others to record the primitive tradition of Christianity as it was handed down by the first generation of disciples, essays the same task, and having...
AN HISTORIAN'S INTRODUCTION (Luke 1:1-4)...
Since many have set their hands to the task of drawing up an account of the events which were completed amongst us, telling the story just as those who were the original eye-witnesses and who became t...
THAT. in order that. MIGHTEST KNOW. get to have full knowledge. Greek. _epiginosko.)_ App-132. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34. THINGS. words. WHEREIN. concerning (Greek. _peri...
_mightest know_ Rather, MAYEST FULLY KNOW. _of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed_ Rather, OF THOSE ACCOUNTS IN WHICH THOU WAST ORALLY INSTRUCTED. Galatians 6:6. From the word κατηχεῖν -t...
Luke 1:1-4. Introduction _Forasmuch as_ This brief preface is in several respects most interesting and important. i. It is the only personal introduction to any historic book in the Bible except the...
ἘΠΙΓΝΩ͂ΙΣ. ‘Mayest fully know.’ See the use of the word in Matthew 11:27; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2
Luke 1:1-4. INTRODUCTION This brief preface is in several respects most interesting and important. Ewald rightly says that in its simplicity, brevity and modesty it is a model preface. i. It is the on...
VER 1. FOR A SMUCH AS MANY HAVE TAKEN IN HAND TO SET FORTH IN ORDER A DECLARATION OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE MOST SURELY BELIEVED AMONG US, 2. EVEN AS THEY DELIVERED THEM TO US, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNIN...
_LUKE'S INSPIRED PREFACE FOR THIS GOSPEL -- LUKE 1:1-4:_ Many people had taken it upon themselves to try to write a narrative of what God had done among the Jews and during the days of the early churc...
ΈΠΙΓΝΏΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) знать. Предложное сочетание подчеркивает направленность знания (М, 312). _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΚΑΤΗΧΉΘΗΣ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΗΧΈΩ (G2...
WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED.— Κατηχηθης, the original word, expresses with great accuracy the instructions given to those whowere training up for admission into the Christian church, whose name...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Precise Record (Luke 1:1-4) 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, 2just as they were delivere...
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. THAT THOU MIGHTEST KNOW - [`know thoroughly' epignoos (G1921)] - the certainty of those things wherein thou...
1 Many biographies of the life of our blessed Lord were composed during the lifetime of those who had known Him. Luke had exceptional opportunities for such a work and proposes to write an account whi...
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...
INSTRUCTED] lit. 'catechised,' i.e. taught by means of question and answer. At a very early period, probably in the apostolic age, candidates for baptism ('catechumens') were required to go through a...
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...
WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED. — The verb used is that from which are formed the words “catechise,” “catechumen.” &c., and implies oral teaching — in its later sense, teaching preparatory to bapti...
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...
Indicates the practical aim: to give certainty in regard to matters of Christian belief. περὶ ὧν κ. λόγων : an attraction, to be thus resolved: περὶ τῶν λόγων οὓς κατηχήθης. λόγων is best taken = matt...
_The preface_....
THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS Luke 1:1-12 The opening verses are very explicit. They are answer enough to those who question the story of our Lord's supernatural birth and early years. Luke did not...
THE INTRODUCTION Luke 1:1-4. “Since indeed many have undertaken to set forth a narrative concerning the things which have been fulfilled among us, as those being eye-witnesses from the beginning and m...
“ _Since, as is known, many have undertaken to compose a narrative of the events which have been accomplished amongst us_, (2) _in conformity with that which they have handed down to us who were eye-w...
VER. 4. And now, what is the aim of the work thus conceived? To strengthen the faith of Theophilus and his readers in the reality of this extraordinary history. On Theophilus, see the Introduction, s...
(1) Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, (2) Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning...
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...
THAT THOU MIGHTEST KNOW THE CERTAINTY,.... The end the evangelist had in writing this Gospel, and sending it to Theophilus, was, that he might be more strongly assured of and more firmly established i...
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. Ver. 4. _Wherein thou hast been instructed_] Which thou hast received by hearsay, or by word of mouth; and wh...
_It seemed good to me also_ That is, I have judged it to be my duty; Luke, doubtless, was moved by the Holy Ghost to write his history, as he was also to write in the manner he has done; but in both h...
THOSE THINGS; the things pertaining to Christ and the gospel....
THE PREFACE TO THE GOSPEL. Luke 1:1...
THAT THOU MIGHTEST KNOW THE CERTAINTY OF THOSE THINGS WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED. Inasmuch as, since, seeing as is well known: the strong particle implies that the fact which the evangelist is...
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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Luke 1:4 that G2443 know G1921 (G5632) certainty G803 of G4012 things G3056 which G3739 instructed G2727 ...
INTRODUCTION (1:1-4). In approaching this introduction we should recognise that it conforms with literary practise in the world of Luke's day. Josephus in ‘Against Appion' opens his writings similarl...
‘It seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, that you might know the certainty concerning the thin...
Luke 1:4. KNOW, as the result of acquaintance with the accurate account now sent him. THE CERTAINTY. The emphatic word; certainty as the result of positive, accurate statements of truth. From faith...
This PREFACE is a model of brevity, simplicity, and modesty, as well as of purity and dignity of style. It does not contain expressions of Hebrew origin, and, like most prefaces, it is formal and high...
MIGHTEST KNOW (επιγνωις). Second aorist active subjunctive of επιγινωσκω. Full knowledge (επ-), in addition to what he already has.THE CERTAINTY (την ασφαλειαν). Make no slip (σφαλλω, to totter o...
Luke 1:3 Scripture and the Authority of the Church. I. St. Luke tells Theophilus that it seemed good to him to write in order an account of our Lord's life and death, that Theophilus might know the c...
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,...
BECAUSE I HAVE CAREFULLY STUDIED. Luke had made a careful examination of all available material, and he had the assistance of the apostle Paul. SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE FULL TRUTH. Luke wants to make...
_Forasmuch as many have taken in hand_ ST. LUKE’S PREFACE These four verses arc a preface, and a very valuable preface, because they are a declaration from the author himself of the manner in which...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 1:1 The Prologue. The prologue to Luke’s Gospel is a single sentence. It is among the finest Greek writing of the first century and demonstrates Luke’s skill as a writer....
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...
_That thou mayest know the certainly. Veritatem, truth_, Vulgate. _άσφάλειαν_, Greek, _certainty, stability._...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 1:1. MANY.—St. Luke cannot here refer exclusively to the works of the other evangelists. He alludes to narratives drawn up by writers who derived their information from the testi...
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...
2 Peter 1:15; 2 Peter 1:16; John 20:31...
Mightest know [ε π ι γ ν ω ς]. See on Matthew 7:16. With the idea of full knowledge; or, as regards Theophilus, of more accurate knowledge than is possible from the many who have undertaken the narrat...
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...
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...