“ And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. ”
Many shall rejoice at his birth - This does not refer so much to the time of his birth as to the subsequent rejoicing. Such will be his “character,” that he will be an honor to the family, and ma...
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 19:1-6 . Its Jewish charact...
joy and gladness. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6). joy, yea exultant joy. at . upon[the occasion of]. Greek. epi. App-104., as in Luke 1:29 . birth . bringing forth. Greek gennao, use...
14. He shall be to thee joy The angel describes a greater joy than what Zacharias could derive from the recent birth of a child; for he informs him that he would have such a son as he had no...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. Thou shalt have joy, etc. - ΕϚαι χαρα σοι, He will be joy and gladness to thee. A child of prayer and faith is likely to be...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. And thou shalt have joy and gladness [`exultation,'] and many shall rejoice - i:e., shall have sense to rejoice at...
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 c...
Many shall rejoice. — The words point to what had been the priest’s prayer. He had been seeking the joy of many rather than his own, and now the one was to be fruitful in the other.
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 Gospe...
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 anothe...
(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 we...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness ,.... Not only because of his having a son; but because this his son would be the prophet of the Highest; would go before the Lord, and prepare his ways; give kn...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. Ver. 14. Thou shalt have joy ] This is not every father's happiness. Many fathers are forced through grief for their unt...
Thou shalt have joy and gladness He shall be such a son as thou shalt have reason to rejoice in. As if he had said, Many parents, if they could foresee what their children will prove, instead of re...
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 bein...
The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod...
None ought to have so mean thoughts of these words of the angel, as to think that they are only expressive of that affection which commonly discovereth itself in us when God giveth us sons, especiall...
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...
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...
Luke 1:5-6 . 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...
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 a...
Many shall rejoice at his birth An ideal child Could some parents foresee how wicked some of their children would become, instead of rejoicing, they would grieve at their birth; they would wish...
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 t...
The angel messenger:
Genesis 21:6 ; Luke 1:58 ; Proverbs 15:20 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Proverbs 23:24
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...