Luke 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. ”

• Luke 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Both righteous - Both “just” or holy. This means here more than external conformity to the law. It is an honorable testimonial of their “piety” toward God. Walking in ... - Keeping the comman...

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• Luke 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they were both (i) righteous before God, (k) walking in all the (l) commandments and ordinances of the Lord (m) blameless. (i) The true mark of righteousness is demonstrated when one is liked an...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  before. The Texts read enantion, not enopion (= in the presence of, as Luke 1:19 ). Both are found in the Papyri in this sense. God . App-98. ordinances . legal requirements. Greek. Plural...

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• Luke 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. And they were both righteous before God He awards to them a noble testimony, not only that among men they spent holy and upright lives, but also that they were righteous before God Thi...

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• Luke 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. They were both righteous - Upright and holy in all their outward conduct in civil life....

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• Luke 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  In all the commandments and ordinances— The critics are generally agreed that these words signify, the one the moral, the other the ceremonial precepts of the law; butthey are greatly divided in fi...

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• Luke 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they were both righteous - not merely virtuous before men, but righteous...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Commandments and ordinances. — The former word covered all the moral laws of the Pentateuch, the latter (as in Hebrews 9:1 ), its outward and ceremonial rules.

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they were both righteous before God ,.... Not as the Pharisees, only righteous before men, but in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and whose judgment is according to truth; and therefore we...

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• Luke 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Ver. 6. In all the commandments and ordinances ] That is, in all the duties of both...

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• Luke 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They were righteous before God They were sincerely and really righteous; they were so in God's sight, whose judgment, we are sure, is according to truth; they approved themselves to him who searche...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That they were not righteous by a perfect legal righteousness, being not guilty of any sin, is certain, for so there is none righteous, no, not one; but so righteous, as that God accepted them, an...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Both righteous before God Observance of God’s ordinances “ By walking in the ordinances,” they walked likewise “in all the commandments of the Lord; “ that being the means whereby they did thi...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth. The parents of John:

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• Luke 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 11:2 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 3:7 ; 1 Kings 9:4 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Kings 20:3 ; 2 Peter 3:14 ; Acts 23:1 ; Acts 24:16 ; Colossians 1:...

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• Luke 1:6 - 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...

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• Luke 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Walking in all the moral commandments, and ceremonial ordinances, blameless — How admirable a character! May our behaviour be thus unblamable, and our obedience thus sincere and universal!

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