Luke 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. ”

Luke 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Well stricken in years - Old or advanced in life, so as to render the prospect of having children hopeless.
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no. Greek. ou. App-106. child. Greek. teknon. See App-108. because that . inasmuch as. well stricken . advanced.
Luke 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And they had no child By an extraordinary purpose of God it was appointed that John should be born out of the common and ordinary course of nature. The same thing happened with Isaac, ( G...
Luke 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. Both were now well stricken in years - By the order of God, sterility and old age both met i...
Luke 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren; and they both were now well...
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Well stricken in years. — Literally, far advanced in their days.
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they had no child ,.... Son or daughter: and which was accounted a great infelicity: but this was not owing to the judgment of God upon them for any sins they had been guilty of, as the above ch...
Luke 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. Ver. 7. And they had no child ] Which was then held a heavy judgment, as that which rend...
Luke 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they had no child The providence of God so ordering it, that the birth of John the Baptist might be the more remarkable, and might excite the greater attention; because that Elisabeth was barr...
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amongst all earthly blessings, there is nothing we more desire than children, in whom we have a kind of perpetuity, living in our species and in our posterity when we are dead in nature. But as God,...
Luke 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zacharias Goes Up to the Temple and Is Promised a Son Who Will Prepare the Way for God's Messiah, and He is Made Dumb in God's Presence (1:5-25). From this point on until the end of chapter 2 all...
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they had no child Virtue rewarded after long trial Observe here-- I. This holy pair, Zacharias and Elisabeth, were fruitful in holy obedience, but barren in children; a fruitful soul and...
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth. The parents of John:
Luke 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:1 ; 1 Samuel 1:2 ; 1 Samuel 1:5-8 ; 2 Kings 4:14 ; Genesis 15:2 ; Genesis 15:3 ; Genesis 16:1 ; Genesis 16:2 ; Genesis 17:17 ; Genesis 18:11 ; Genesis 25:21 ; Genesis 30:1 ; He...
Luke 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary