Luke 1:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. ”

Luke 1:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people waited - That is, beyond the usual time. Marvelled - Wondered. The priest, it is said, was not accustomed to remain in the temple more than half an hour commonly. Having remained o...
Luke 1:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 1:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

waited for . were looking for. The finite Verb and Participle denoting protracted waiting. marvelled . Because such waiting was usually short.
Luke 1:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. And the people were waiting Luke now relates that the people were witnesses of this vision. Zacharias had tarried in the temple longer than usual. This leads to the supposition that some...
Luke 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. The people waited - The time spent in burning the incense was probably about half an hour, during which there...
Luke 1:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The people waited for Zacharias,— They waited for his blessing, and could not imagine what had detained him so much longer than usual. See Numbers 6 . 23-27. Leviticus 9:22-23 . All that is her...
Luke 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And the people waited for Zacharias - to receive from him the usual benediction ( Numbers 6:23-27 )....
Luke 1:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 1:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Luke 1:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Luke 1:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Luke 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the people waited for Zacharias ,.... That were without, in the court of the Israelites, praying there, while he was offering incense: these were waiting for his coming out, in order to be bless...
Luke 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. Ver. 21. The people waited for Zacharias ] They would not away without the blessing prescribed to the pri...
Luke 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the people Who had been praying in the court of the temple, while the incense was burning; waited for Zacharias To come out and bless them; for so the priests used to do after burning the inc...
Luke 1:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod...
Luke 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 21-23. While the priest was in the holy place, the people were in that part of the temple called the court of Israel, or the court of the people, praying: when he had done, he came out, and bles...
Luke 1:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 1:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 1:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Luke 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God “I am Gabriel. ” Names of angels The name Gabriel signifies “The mighty messenger of God.” The Bible knows of only two heavenly personages who a...
Luke 1:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Luke 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the Temple.
Luke 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 6:23-27
Luke 1:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Luke 1:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The people were waiting — For him to come and dismiss them (as usual) with the blessing.

Luke 1:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 1:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes