Luke 1:69 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; ”

• Luke 1:69 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And hath raised up a horn - A horn is a symbol of strength. The figure is taken from the fact that in horned animals the strength lies in the “horn.” Particularly, the great power of the rhinocer...

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• Luke 1:69 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And hath raised up an (i) horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; (i) This word "horn", in the Hebrew language, signifies strength, and it is a metaphor taken from beasts that fi...

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  an horn of salvation. . Hebraism. See Psalms 132:17 ; 1 Samuel 2:1 ; 1 Samuel 2:10 ; Ezekiel 29:21 . His servant David. See Psalms 132:10 .

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• Luke 1:69 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  69. He hath raised up the horn of salvation That is, saving power: (71) for, when the throne of David was cast down, and the people scattered, the hope of salvation had to all appearance pe...

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• Luke 1:69 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1469 THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS Luke 1:67-75 . And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and r...

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• Luke 1:69 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; And hath raised up a horn of salvation - That is, a mighty and glorious Savior: a quotation from Psalms 18:2 . Horns...

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• Luke 1:69 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us - that is, a 'strength of salvation,' or 'a mighty salvation;'...

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Hath raised up an horn of salvation. — The symbolism of the horn comes from Psalms 132:17 , where it is used of the representative of the House of David, and answers to the “Anointed” of the oth...

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (67) And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, (68) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people, (69) And hath raised up an h...

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• Luke 1:69 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us ,.... Meaning the Messiah, whom God had now raised up: in the house of his servant David ; in David's family, he being now conceived by a virgin of h...

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• Luke 1:69 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; Ver. 69. An horn of salvation ] A cornucopia, or a mighty Saviour, qui instar bovis cornupetae inimicos populi D...

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• Luke 1:69 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel Who is also the God of the spirits of all flesh: but Zacharias, speaking of the work of redemption calls him only the God of Israel, because to Israel the propheci...

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Song of Zacharias.       67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,   68 Blessed be the Lo...

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• Luke 1:69 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 1:68 "

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Scofield Reference Notes

  horn of ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - 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 1:69 - 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 1:69 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A hymn of praise:

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• Luke 1:69 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 11:13 ; 1 Samuel 2:10 ; 2 Samuel 22:3 ; 2 Samuel 7:26 ; Amos 9:11 ; Ezekiel 29:21 ; Ezekiel 34:23 ; Ezekiel 34:24 ; Ezekiel 37:24 ; Ezekiel 37:25 ; Isaiah 11:1-9 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; I...

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• Luke 1:69 - 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 1:69 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A horn — Signifies honour, plenty, and strength. A horn of salvation — That is, a glorious and mighty Saviour.

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