Luke 1:61 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ”

• Luke 1:61 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  There is none of thy kindred ... - The Jewish tribes and families were kept distinct. To do this, and to avoid confusion in their genealogical tables, they probably gave only those names which we...

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• Luke 1:61 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Birth of John. The Benedictas. In due course Elisabeth bore her son and received the congratulations of her friends. When the babe has been circumcised and named, his mother rejects the proposa...

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• Luke 1:61 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  There is . That there is. of . among. Greek en. App-104. that is . who is.

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• Luke 1:61 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. None of thy kindred - As the Jewish tribes and families were kept sacredly distinct, it appears the very names of the...

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• Luke 1:61 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John ... And they made signs to his father, how he woul...

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• Luke 1:61 - 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 1:61 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  There is none of thy kindred... — The fact is not without interest, as probably showing that Zacharias did not come within the circle of those related to the Sadducean high priests, among whom (som...

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• Luke 1:61 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 2 THE MUTE PRIEST. Luke 1:5-25 ; Luke 1:57-80 . AFTER his personal prelude, our Evangelist goes on to give in detail the pre-Advent revelations, so connecting the thread of his narrat...

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• Luke 1:61 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Song at the Herald's Birth Luke 1:57-80 This song is second only to that of Mary. It is a noble ode, tracing our Lord's advent back to the early covenant of God with the fathers and anticip...

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• Luke 1:61 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (57) Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. (58) And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rej...

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• Luke 1:61 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they said unto her ,.... Her neighbours and relations, there is none of thy kindred that is called by this name; from whence it appears, that it was usual to give names to children after their a...

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• Luke 1:61 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. Ver. 61. There is none of thy kindred ] There is an inbred desire in us all of immortality; we would eternize our...

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• Luke 1:61 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now Elisabeth's full time came Exactly according to the prediction of the angel; that she should be delivered Though this child was conceived in the womb by a miracle, he continued in the womb ac...

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• Luke 1:61 - 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 1:61 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Birth of John the Baptist.       57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.   58 An...

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• Luke 1:61 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 1:59 "

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• Luke 1:61 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:58 . Cousins .—Rather, “kinsfolk,” which was the original meaning of “cousins.” How the Lord .—Rather, “that the Lord” (R.V.). Luke 1:59 . On the eighth day .—The state...

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• Luke 1:61 - 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 1:61 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should he delivered The nativity of John the Baptist That which was miraculous at the beginning became natural towards the close. This is seen in the ca...

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• Luke 1:61 - 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 1:61 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Birth of John the Baptist. The birth and circumcision of John:

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• Luke 1:61 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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• Luke 1:61 - 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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