Luke 1:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, ”

Luke 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hid herself - Did not go forth into public, and concealed her condition. This might have been done that she might spend her time more entirely in giving praise to God for his mercies, and that sh...
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

after . Greek. meta. App-104. conceived . Greek. sullambano. . medical word, used in this sense in Luke and in James 1:15 . See App-179. hid . completely secluded. Probably to avoid all poss...
Luke 1:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. And hid herself This appears very strange, as if she had been ashamed of the blessing of God. Some think that she did not, venture to appear in public, so long as the matter was uncertai...
Luke 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Hid herself five months - That she might have the fullest proof of the accomplishment of God's promise before s...
Luke 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And hid herself five months,— The meaning is, either that she saw no company, judging it proper to spend most of her time in the duties of devotion, and in meditating silently on the wonderful good...
Luke 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, And Elizabeth conceived, and hid herself five months - that is, until the event was put beyond doubt....
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And after those days ,.... The days of his ministration in the temple, quickly after his return home; the Ethiopic version reads, "after two days": his wife Elisabeth conceived ; according to the...
Luke 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Ver. 24. And hid herself ] Obscurum qua id fecerit ex causa. It is hard to say why she did this, saith a...
Luke 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished Though he was both deaf and dumb, he was still able to burn incense, and perform the other duties of his office. He therefore continued at...
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 24,25. How long after those days the Scripture saith not, but it is probable it was soon after, as in the case of Abraham, and in the case of Manoah's wife, Judges 13:3 , who conceived pres...
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - 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 1:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

And hid herself five months Modesty a retiring grace Desirous of plucking one of the elegant sea-anemones, you extend your hand; but, at the slightest touch, its beautiful coronet begins to cur...
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
Luke 1:24 - 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 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hid herself — She retired from company, that she might have the more leisure to rejoice and bless God for his wonderful mercy.

Luke 1:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 1:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes