“ And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. ”
His mercy - Favor shown to the miserable and the guilty. Is on them - Is shown or manifested to them. That fear him - That “reverence” or honor Him. One kind of fear is that which a serva...
And his mercy [is] on them (s) that fear him from generation to generation. (s) To those that live godly and religiously, as the Hebrews say.
Mary Visits Elisabeth. The Magnificat. The passage links the two preceding incidents, and serves to show the inferiority of John the forerunner, to Jesus the Messiah. Mary (finding herself with chi...
mercy . pity. Greek. eleos. See verses: Luke 1:54 ; Luke 1:58 ; Luke 1:72 ; Luke 54:78 . Not the same word as in Luke 1:30 . fear . reverence. from generation, &c.. unto (Greek. eis....
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. His mercy is on them that fear him - His exuberant kindness manifests itself in acts of mercy to all those who fear or reverenc...
His mercy is on them that fear him— "So great is the goodness of God, that he rewards the piety of his servants upon their posterity to the thousandth generation." Exodus 20:6 . By making this obs...
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ... Verse 50. And his mercy is on them that fear him from gener...
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...
His mercy is on them that fear him. — The words, as read by those for whom St. Luke wrote, would seem almost to foreshadow the Gospel of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Those that “feared God” were to...
the Song of the Virgin Mother Luke 1:39-56 Zacharias lived in a Levitical city in the hill country of Judah. The narrative evidently implies that there had been no previous communication betwee...
(39) And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (40) And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. (41) And it came to pass, that,...
THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.… As He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.’ Luke 1:46-55 Next to the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps, few passages of Sc...
And his mercy is on them that fear him ,.... Not with slavish fear of hell and damnation, but with reverence and godly fear; with a filial fear, with a reverential love of God, and affection for him...
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. Ver. 50. From generation to generation ] Personal goodness is profitable to posterity.
He that is mighty Beyond all our conceptions, even the Almighty God, to whom this strange event is not only possible, but easy; hath done to me great things Miracles , as the words μεγαλα and μεγα...
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 Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste,...
Having celebrated God for his glory and majesty, she here celebrates him for his mercy, which extends to all, but especially is showed to such as fear him. She certainly respecteth the promise of God...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:39 . City of Judah .—The city is not named. Probably it was not Hebron, as a place so well known would most likely have been named. The conjecture that Judah is a corruptio...
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...
My soul doth magnify the Lord Mary’s song Mary was on a visit when she expressed her joy in the language of this noble song. It were well if all our social intercourse were as useful to our he...
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 hymn of Mary:
Exodus 20:6 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Malachi 3:16-18 ; Psalms 103:11 ; Psalms 103:17 ; Psalms 103:18 ; Psalms 115:13 ; Psalms 118:4 ; Psalms 145:19 ; Psalms 147:11 ;...
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...