Luke 1:80 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. ”

Luke 1:80 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Waxed strong in spirit - That is, in courage, understanding, and purposes of good, fitting him for his future work. The word “wax” means to “increase, to grow,” from an old Saxon word. In the...
Luke 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

waxed strong . grew and was strengthened. spirit. Greek. pneuma. See App-101. the deserts. The article. indicating. well-known part. shewing . public or official inauguration. Greek. anadeix...
Luke 1:80 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. The child grew - Increased in stature and bodily vigor. And waxed strong in spirit - ha...
Luke 1:80 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And was in the deserts— Though the mother of Jesus was related to Elisabeth, the mother of John; though she visited her in the hill-country about the time of her own conception, and before the birt...
Luke 1:80 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. And the child grew, and waxed strong [ eeuxanen ( G837 ) kai ( G2532...
Luke 1:80 - 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 1:80 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the child grew. — We have no materials for filling up this brief outline of the thirty years that followed in the Baptist’s life. The usual Jewish education, the observance of the Nazarite vow,...
Luke 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(80) And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. It is a blessed account of John, in the close of the chapter. He grew, and was...
Luke 1:80 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE VIRTUES OF ASCETICISM ‘And the child grew, and wared strong in spirit.’ Luke 1:80 The words refer to the Baptist, who is set before us as an example of the ascetic, self-sacrificing, sel...
Luke 1:80 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit ,.... That is, John, the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, grew in stature of body, and increased in wisdom and knowledge, and fortitude in his soul: a...
Luke 1:80 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Ver. 80. And the child grew ] Though his meat was but coarse, and not so nourishing...
Luke 1:80 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the child grew , &c. The years of John's infancy expiring, he grew daily in wisdom and stature; and was in the deserts , &c. During the whole course of his private life, he continued in...
Luke 1:80 - 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 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The evangelist having done with Zacharias's prophetical song, now cometh to tell us what became of John. He saith, the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit. He did not only grow in his bodily dim...
Luke 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - 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 1:80 - 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...
Luke 1:80 - 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 1:80 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A hymn of prophecy:
Luke 1:80 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:19 ; 1 Samuel 3:20 ; John 1:31 ; Judges 13:24 ; Judges 13:25 ; Luke 1:15 ; Luke 2:40 ; Luke 2:52 ; Mark 1:3 ; Mark 1:4 ; Matthew 11:7 ; Matthew 3:1
Luke 1:80 - 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...

Luke 1:80 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 1:80 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:80 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 1:80 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 1:80 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:80 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 1:80 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:80 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 1:80 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 1:80 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 1:80 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 1:80 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:80 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 1:80 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 1:80 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:80 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 1:80 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 1:80 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 1:80 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 1:80 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 1:80 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 1:80 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 1:80 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 1:80 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:80 - Wells of Living Water Commentary