Luke 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Luke 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the days of Herod - See the notes at Matthew 2:1 . Of the course of Abia - When the priests became so numerous that they could not at once minister at the altar, David divided them into 2...
Luke 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

There (2) was (f) in the days of (g) Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the (h) course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

There was . There came to be.. Hebraism, Compare Luke 1:8 , and see on Luke 2:1 . in . Greek en. App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:15 ; Luke 1:20 ; Luke 1:44-47 . in the day...
Luke 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke very properly begins his Gospel with John the Baptist, just as a person who was going to speak about the daylight would commence with the dawn. For, like the dawn, he went before the Sun o...
Luke 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. In the days of...
Luke 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the days of Herod, &c.— See on Matthew 2:1 . The descendants of Aaron multiplied to such a degree, that they could not all do duty in the temple at once; David therefore divided them into t...
Luke 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. There was,...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There was in the days of Herod. — The writer begins, as he had promised, with the first facts in the divine order of events. The two Chapter s that follow have every appearance of having been based...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 di...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea ,.... This was Herod, the son of Antipater, sometimes called Herod the Great, and is rightly here said to be the king of Judea; for, by deputation f...
Luke 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. In...
Luke 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea This is he who is commonly known by the name of Herod the Great , a cruel, ambitious man, who, without any title, obtained the crown of Judea from...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Holy Ghost, for infinitely wise reasons, giveth us here an account both of the time when John the Baptist was born, and also of his parentage. It was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, th...
Luke 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Herod Herod the Great. ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 2:1 ).
Luke 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 1:5 Man's Extremity God's Opportunity. Reflect: I. On the low ebb to which the fortunes of the house of Israel were reduced at the period when St. John the Baptist was miraculously born. Th...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain priest named Zacharias. --Mark how immediately the historian betakes himself to the collateral line. Something very suggestive in this. No one life independent of other lives. As every t...
Luke 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Luke 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 24:10 ; 1 Chronicles 24:19 ; Matthew 2:1 ; Nehemiah 12:17 ; Nehemiah 12:4
Luke 1:5 - 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 C...
Luke 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The course of Abia — The priests were divided into twenty — four courses, of which that of Abia was the eighth, 1 Chronicles 24:10 . Each course ministered in its turn, for seven days, from Sabbat...

Luke 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Luke 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes