Luke 1:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. ”

• Luke 1:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thus - In this merciful manner. To take away my reproach - Among the Jews, a family of children was counted a signal blessing, an evidence of the favor of God, Psalms 113:9 ; Psalms 128:3 ;...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  looked on . Greek. epeidon. App-133. Occurs only in Luke here, and Acts 4:29 . to take away my reproach. Compare Genesis 30:23 ; 1 Samuel 1:6-10 ; Hosea 9:14 . Contrast Luke 23:29 .

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• Luke 1:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  25. Thus hath the Lord done to me She extols in private the goodness of God, until the time is fully come for making it generally known. There is reason to believe that her husband had infor...

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• Luke 1:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me , to take away my reproach among men. To take away my reproach - As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people,...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  To take away my reproach among men. — The words express in almost their strongest form the Jewish feeling as to maternity. To have no children was more than a misfortune. It seemed to imply some se...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thus hath the Lord dealt with me ,.... In a very gracious and bountiful manner; in giving her strength to conceive a son in her old age, and such an one that was to be great, and so useful in his da...

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• Luke 1:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me , to take away my reproach among men. Ver. 25. Thus hath the Lord ] She saw that all her prayers that she had haply forgotten...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 1:24 "

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The beginning of the fulfillment:

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• Luke 1:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 1:19 ; 1 Samuel 1:20 ; 1 Samuel 1:6 ; 1 Samuel 2:21 ; 1 Samuel 2:22 ; Genesis 21:1 ; Genesis 21:2 ; Genesis 25:21 ; Genesis 30:22 ; Genesis 30:23 ; Hebrews 11:11 ; Isaiah 4:1 ;...

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• Luke 1:25 - 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...

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• Luke 1:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He looked upon me to take away my reproach — Barrenness was a great reproach among the Jews. Because fruitfulness was promised to the righteous.

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